Charles Holston Williams [SEP] date of death
Charles Holston Williams
Charles Halston Williams (1886–1978) was the founder, organizer and first director of the Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group. This company was the first national touring company composed of college students that was created by an American of any color. Williams was also an associate professor and supervisor of the Physical Education Department at Hampton Institute, located in Hampton, Virginia.
Early life.
Charles Williams was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on January 25, 1886. In 1904 he attended high school at Berea College
Gen. Jones for leapfrogging past Col. Giltner's 4th Kentucky Cavalry and crossing the Holston River behind enemy forces on that specified date), Capt. H. Brown of the 8th Virginia Cavalry and Major Rhea of Tennessee (neither units in Williams' command) continued to press the dereliction and ill-discipline charges. Col. Slemp hurt his cause by slipping house arrest in Abingdon prior to trial and instead returning home to Lee County; he was convicted, relieved of command and dismissed from the Confederate army.
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