Gary L. Williams, Esquire, is a resident of Laurens, South Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Newberry College in Newberry, South Carolina. In 1989, he was conferred a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, South Carolina. He is the first person of colour to establish a private law practice in the City and County of Laurens since the founding of Laurens County in 1785.
Imagine you were at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You were among the delegates who shaped the founding document of a new nation. You were also among the few who knew the harsh reality of slavery, the system that provided free labor for many of the weal...