Lacey Kirk Williams (1871, Eufaula, Alabama - 1940) was an African-American who served as President of the National Baptist Convention from 1922 to 1940 and as Vice President of the World Baptist Alliance between 1928 and 1940.
[1] After being educated at Bishop College in Texas and Arkansas Baptist College, he was ordained to the ministry in 1894 at the Thankful Baptist Church in Pitt Bridge, Texas.
The church grew rapidly over the next decade due to the growing population of African Americans migrating from the South during and after World War I, as well as Williams' dynamic, activist style that appealed to many of the new arrivals.
[1] The success of the denomination led to his appointment as Vice President of the World Baptist Alliance in 1928.
He continued to serve as president of the National Baptist Convention until his death in 1940.