Elisabeth Omilami

Elisabeth WilliamsOmilami is an AfricanAmerican human rights activist and an actress.

She was born in Atlanta, the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and State Representative Juanita T. Williams. Her young life was spent with the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from college she created the Peoples Survival Theatre, producing a season of five shows per year. Peoples Survival Theatre continued to produce shows long after Elisabeths journey to New York City when her husband Afemo Omilami received a scholarship to New York University. In New York, Elisabeth worked as an arts administrator and executive assistant. She directed and acted as much as she could, supporting her family as her husbands career grew. In 1985 she left New York to return to Atlanta. While in Atlanta she continued to perform on stage and in film and television. Omilami graduated from Hampton University with a BA in Theatre.

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