Background
Williams, Jamye Coleman was born on December 15, 1918 in Louisville. Daughter of Frederick Douglass and Jamye (Harris) Coleman.
Williams, Jamye Coleman was born on December 15, 1918 in Louisville. Daughter of Frederick Douglass and Jamye (Harris) Coleman.
Bachelor, Wilberforce University, 1938. Master of Arts, Fisk University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1959.
Instructor English, Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida, 1939-1940; instructor English, Shorter College, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1942; assistant professor, Wilberforce (Ohio) U., 1942-1956; associate professor, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, 1956-1958; professor, Tennessee State University, Nashville, 1958-1987; editor, The African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, Nashville, since 1984. Alternate member Judicial Council, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1976-1984, president 13th district lay organization, 1977-1984, secretary board incorporators, 1980-1992. Member governing board National Council Churches, since 1979.
Member executive committee Nashville branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, since 1961. Board directors Nashville chapter National Conference of Christians and Jews, since 1988, Nashville area section American Red Cross, since 1989. Appointed by Governor of Tennessee to Registry of Election Finance, Nashville, since 1990.
Trustee Wilberforce University, since 1990.
Married McDonald Williams, December 28, 1943. 1 child, Donna Margaret Williams Selby.