Clara Belle Williams continued her education
well beyond her graduation date, taking graduate level classes into the
1950s. Mrs. Williams provided a shining example of overcoming adversity
and served as an inspiration to her family and the people she met
throughout her life.
During a time when Las Cruces’s public schools were segregated, Mrs. Williams taught at the Booker T. Washington School for more than 20 years.
Mrs. Williams’ three sons all went to college and graduated with medical degrees. Charles attended Howard University Medical School in Washington D.C.; Jasper and James graduated from Creighton University Medical School in Omaha, Nebraska. They went on to found the Williams Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Williams always urged her sons to succeed in higher education – and they did just that.
