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Elisabeth Williams-Omilami (born February 18, 1951) is an African-American human rights activist and an actress, a writer and a Pastor while being the voice of the less fortunate at Hosea Feed the Hungry.
She was born in Atlanta, the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and State Representative Juanita T. Williams. Her young life was spent within the confines of the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from college she created the People's Survival Theatre and that company produced a season of five shows per year where Omilami acted, directed,wrote and did... MORE
Elisabeth Williams-Omilami (born February 18, 1951) is an African-American human rights activist and an actress, a writer and a Pastor while being the voice of the less fortunate at Hosea Feed the Hungry.
She was born in Atlanta, the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and State Representative Juanita T. Williams. Her young life was spent within the confines of the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from college she created the People's Survival Theatre and that company produced a season of five shows per year where Omilami acted, directed,wrote and did whatever was necessary to get the plays produced. She is credited with giving many professional actors their first jobs including Bill Nunn, Afemo Omilami and the late Carol Mitchell Leon. People's Survival Theatre continued to produce shows long after Elisabeth's journey to New York City when her husband Afemo scholarship to New York University. In New York Elisabeth worked as Arts Administrator and Executive Assistant to many Arts luminries: Woody King, Rosetta Leniore and Melvin Van Peebles. She directed,acted as much as she could supporting her family as her husbands career grew. Her son LESS
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