He is a professor of African-American and Public History at Tennessee State University.
[3] Williams taught African-American history at Armstrong State University from 2004 to 2009.
[1] He is now a professor of African American and Public History at Tennessee State University.
[1] Williams researches the history of African-American slaves in Nashville, Tennessee prior to the American Civil War of 1861–1865, including the slave auctions that were held on Charlotte Avenue.
[2] He has interviewed residents and business owners on its main thoroughfare, Jefferson Street.