Walker Williams Project

Walker Carter Jr, an All-American athlete from Widener University and graduate of Chester High School was electrocuted on the job while working for PECO in June 2017. His uncle, Alexander McClay Williams, a student at The Glen Mills School, was falsely accused of stabbing a white woman in 1930 and electrocuted by The State of Pennsylvania in June 1931. Susie Williams- Carter, the 92-year-old mother of Carter and sister of Williams, met Mr. Slaughter in 2019 when he created a documentary about her son called “Remembering Walker “Baby” Carter.”

“I met Ms. Williams-Carter during a presentation I co-created with The Pennsylvania Humanities Council back in Spring 2019,” said Slaughter. “I learned about her brother, Alexander, in 2001 while publishing Perspective Magazine in Chester. When I met Ms. Williams- Carter in 2019, I had no idea she was related to both of these men. I am honored to serve the family by sharing their extraordinary stories.

In addition to sharing these stories, Mr. Slaughter is encouraging Delaware County officials to change the name of a juvenile courthouse to include the Williams name. The building is currently named for W. Roger Fronefield, the judge who sentenced Williams to death at the age of 16. Williams remains the youngest person in state history to be executed. His death came nearly 25 years before 14-year-old Emmett Till and nearly 13 years before 14-year-old George Stinney of South Carolina. The movie “Green Mile” was based partly on Stinney’s life.