# Ora Williams

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**Ruby Ora Williams** (1926–2009) was an American literary scholar and [bibliographer](/source/Bibliography#Bibliographers), known for her [bibliographies](/source/Bibliography) of [black women's](/source/Black_women) writing.[1]

## Life

Ora Williams was the daughter of Ida Bolles (Roach) Williams.[2] She became professor at [California State University, Long Beach](/source/California_State_University,_Long_Beach) in 1968.[3][4] A participant in the university's pioneering [equal opportunities](/source/Equal_opportunities) program,[5] she and [Clyde Taylor](/source/Clyde_Taylor) designed and shaped the [black studies](/source/Black_studies) program at CSU in the early 1970s.[6] She retired in 1988.[3]

## Works

- 'A Bibliography of Works Written by American Black Women', *College Language Association Journal*, 1972. Published in book form as *American Black women in the arts and social sciences : a bibliographic survey*, Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1973.
- *An In-Depth Portrait of Alice Dunbar-Nelson*, Ph.D. dissertation, University of California at Irvine, 1974
- (ed.) *Works of Eva Jessye*
- *An In-Depth Portrait of Alice Dunbar-Nelson*, 1975
- 'Works by and About Alice Ruth (Moore) Dunbar-Nelson: A Bibliography', *College Language Association Journal* 19 (1976)
- (ed.) *American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences: A Bibliographic Survey*, 1978
- (ed.) *An Alice Dunbar-Nelson Reader*. Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1979.
- *Just like a meteor: a bio-bibliography of the life and works of Charles William Williams, a New Jersey African-American*, Glassboro, N.J.: Meteor Books, 1994

## References

1. Toni Constantino (1979). [*Women of Color Forum: A Collection of Readings*](https://books.google.com/books?id=r0TZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA180). Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. p. 180.

1. *Liberator*, Vol. 10, p.60.

1. CSU-LB, [Emeriti Faculty](https://web.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/2013-2014/pdfs/campus_information/Z02_emeriti_faculty.pdf), *2013-14 University Catalog*

1. 'Dr Ruby Ora Williams', *[Asbury Park Press](/source/Asbury_Park_Press)*, May 6, 2009. [Republished online](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=ruby-ora-williams&pid=126993742) at legacy.com.

1. [50th Anniversary of CSULB EOP Program](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2016-11-14/html/CREC-2016-11-14-pt1-PgE1429-3.htm), *Congressional Record*, Vol 162, No 162 (Monday, November 14, 2016).

1. Doris Nelson, [The real birth of black studies](http://web.csulb.edu/~d49er/archives/2004/spring/opinion/volLIVno75-birth.shtml), *49er*, Vol. LIV, No. 75.

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