Sidney McLarty Willhelm (October 5, 1934 – September 30, 2018) was an American sociologist, who authored several books on race and urban affairs, and many online articles containing analyses of current events often in a historical context.
He was the son of Ernest Virgil (an accountant) and Edythe (Harbour) Willhelm.
In 1963 Willhelm introduced a course, "Automation and Society," which examined many of the social transformations which the computer would bring forth, a recurrent theme which is presented in many of his writings.
It was reviewed in a number of academic journals, including American Journal of Sociology,[2] Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,[3] and Contemporary Sociology.
Willhelm also wrote an article titled, "Black Man, Red Man and White America: The Constitutional Approach to Genocide" (Catalyst, Spring 1969 No.4 pp.