William Taylor Burwell Williams (July 3, 1869 – March 26, 1941)[1] was Dean of the College Department at Tuskegee Institute and two-time president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (later renamed the American Teachers Association, it merged with the NEA in 1966).

Williams worked as a field agent of the Slater and Jeanes Funds and the General Education Board.

He taught at Hampton Institute and was a member of the editorial staff of its journal Southern Workman.

[2][3] Williams was born on a farm near Stone Bridge, Virginia.

He graduated from Hampton Institute in 1888, Phillips Academy in 1893 and Harvard University in 1897.