Paul R. Williams - “architect to the stars”
The Golden State’s more relaxed attitude toward race may have been one reason Williams was able to begin practicing architecture right out of high school in 1912. “We have information on projects he was designing in 1914.”
“He started his own practice in L.A. in 1923, and by then he had quite a few mentors in the white community,” Luebbers relates.
“That same year, he became the first African-American member of the American Institute of Architects,” she continues. “He lucked out because he was in the right place at the right time. On the other hand, he was not only a very talented architect, but he had a high social intellect, he was engaging, he was not pushy, and he worked harder than everyone else.”
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