Architect of classic Hollywood gets his own star turn

Paul Revere Williams, the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects, was part of the joint venture that built Los Angeles International Airport in the 1960s. Some of Southern California’s most iconic buildings stand as silent monuments to a little-publicized pioneer. Paul Revere Williams, the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects, not only designed homes for Hollywood legends from the 1930s through the 1960s but also helped fashion Los Angeles International Airport, the Angelus Funeral Home in South Los Angeles and a portion of the Beverly Hills Hotel. The subject of three books by his granddaughter, Karen Hudson, Williams’ life and legacy are now the focus of an hourlong documentary with a Thursday premiere on PBS SoCal (KOCE-TV), and will show again Friday at 2 a.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. Following the California debut, it will air on nearly 200 PBS stations across the country and be available to stream at PBSSoCal.org/ho ... Read full article.