Horace Randall WilliamsHorace Randall Williams was founder and editor of the independent book publisher Black Belt Press, and then he was editor-in-chief of NewSouth Books, which he co-founded with publisher Suzanne La Rosa in 2000 (the imprint was sold in 2022 to the Univrsity of Georgia Press). Since his first book in 1989, he has edited, published, and/or co-published more than 900 titles, which is believed to be more than any other general trade book editor and publisher in Alabama history. Under his own name, he's also the author, co-author, or editor of a dozen books. Before book publishing, he was a reporter, editor, and publisher for newspapers and magazines, and he worked a decade at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where he was the founding director of the Klanwatch Project. He is also the founder of the Capri Community Film Society, a graduate of Leadership Montgomery, and for more than two decades was a board member of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization created to coordinate the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56. He's a native of LaFayette, Alabama, a graduate of LaFayette High School and Samford University, and he lives in Montgomery. Read More Read Less