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John Alfred Williams was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM was a bestseller in 1967.

His novels include THE ANGRY ONES (1960, vt ONE AGAINST NEW YORK),SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT (1969) and CAPTAIN BLACKMAN (1972) and are mainly about the black experience in white America.

THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM (1967),a fictionalized account of the life and death of Richard Wright, introduced the King Alfred Plan - a fictional CIA-led scheme supporting an international effort to eliminate people of African descent. This "plan" has since been cited as fact by some members of the Black community and conspiracy theorists.

In 1970, Williams received the Syracuse University Centennial Medal for Outstanding Achievement, in 1983 his novel !CLICK SONG won the American Book Award, and in 1998, his book of poetry SAFARI WEST won the American Book Award too. On October 16, 2011, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the American Book Awards.

Non-fiction: This Is My Country Too (1965),The King God Didn't Save: Reflections on the Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1970),The Most Native of Sons: A Biography of Richard Wright (1970),Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing (1973),If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor (1991)

Letters: Dear Chester, Dear John: Letters between Chester Himes and John A. Williams