Q. V. Williamson

Q. V. Williamson
Member of the Atlanta Board of Aldermen
Third Ward, Position 2
At-large Post 17
In office
January 7, 1966 – January 1981
Preceded byJimmy Vickers
Succeeded byMyrtle Davis
Personal details
Born
Quentin Virgil Williamson

(1918-12-25)December 25, 1918
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedAugust 4, 1985(1985-08-04) (aged 66)
Crawford Long Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
Political partyRepublican
EducationMorehouse College (1940)
North Carolina A&T State University
OccupationBusinessman, politician

Q. V. Williamson (December 25, 1918 – August 4, 1985; Quentin Virgil Williamson) was an American businessman and politician. Williamson was the first black person to serve on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen since Reconstruction, elected in 1965 and taking office in 1966.[1][2][3][4] He was also involved in the establishment of the Collier Heights neighborhood in Atlanta.

  1. ^ Ebanks, Gerardo M. (8 January 1966). "Q.V. Appointed to Police Committee After Taking Oath" (PDF). The Atlanta Inquirer. pp. 1–2.
  2. ^ "Q. V. Williamson and Morris Finley". University of Georgia Libraries. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ Bayor, Ronald H. (1996). Race and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807848982.
  4. ^ Range, Peter Ross (7 April 1974). "Making it in Atlanta: Capital of Black-is-bountiful". The New York Times. Vol. 123, no. 42442. p. 28.