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Resident urges council to meet after accusing local figure of taking credit for Black History Museum
Summary
During public comment at the May 18 Orangeburg County Council meeting, William Green accused Cecil Williams of taking credit for a Black History Museum project he says he began about 20 years ago and asked the council to meet with him within two to three weeks; his mother asked the council to apologize and said the situation was affecting his health.
At the May 18, 2026 Orangeburg County Council meeting, resident William Green used the public-comment period to say he has been working for roughly 20 years to establish a Black History Museum and accused another local figure, Cecil Williams, of receiving credit for that work. "Everybody gives Cecil Williams credit for it, and they need to stop lying," Green said in the minutes. He added that "he's not even a human being" and said he was "forming an army to fight against this mess," and that he would not object to protests before or after the museum opened.
William Green asked that "somebody from this Council or the whole Council needs to meet with me within the next two or three weeks" to address his concerns. His mother, Gloria Rickenbacher-Hutto, told the council her son's repeated complaints are harming his health, saying it "is making his blood pressure go up" and urged the council to write a letter of apology and schedule the meeting.
The minutes record these statements as public comment and do not record any council response, action, or scheduled follow-up. The minutes identify Cecil Williams only as the subject of Green's complaint; Williams does not appear in the minutes as present or speaking, and no written documentation of the underlying dispute is included in the public record provided here.
Because the claims involve disputed credit and personal accusations and no response or corroborating evidence appears in the minutes, the matter remains unresolved in the public record; the minutes show only the request for a council meeting and an appeal for an apology.
