{"id":5608,"date":"2022-02-11T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:01:45","slug":"dr-william-townsend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/dr-william-townsend\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. William Townsend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:95%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#333333\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/william-townsend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. William Townsend<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-de8267aa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/william-townsend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. William Henry Townsend was the first licensed Black optometrist, one of the first Black state legislators in the Arkansas General Assembly since the 1890s, and the first Black chair of the Aging and Legislative Affairs 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