Billie Young
Billie Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 |
| Died | 2021 (aged 73–74) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Jackson State University faculty, Mississippi State University |
Billie Jean Young (born 1947, died March 2021) was an actor, activist, poet and educator.[1]
She lived in Marion, Alabama from which she traveled the world to teach and work with young people.[2] She graduated from Judson College,[3] and Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. She taught at Jackson State University. She has taught at Mississippi State University, Meridian campus.[4] She was Artist-in-Residence, at Judson College.[5] Her papers are held at the University of Alabama Hoole Special Collections Library.
Awards
[edit ]- 1984 MacArthur Fellows Program [6]
- 1995 Mississippi Governor's Award for Artistic Achievement [7]
- 1995 Lucy Terry Prince Unsung Heroine Award
2009 Southern Rural Black Women's Hall of Fame Award 2014 Black Belt Hall of Fame Award 2011 Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama Woman of Distinction Award
Works
[edit ]- "Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light", Mississippi Writers: Drama, Editor Dorothy Abbott, University Press of Mississippi, 1991, ISBN 978-0-87805-238-7
- Fear Not The Fall, New South Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-58838-161-3
Editor, Now How You Do, a memoir, 2009 Westry Wingate Press, ISBN 978-1-935323-04-4 Family Secrets, Westry Wingate Press, 2009,ISBN 9781935323150
References
[edit ]- ^ "Jet - Google Boeken". Johnson Publishing Company. 1984年11月12日. Retrieved 2011年12月23日.
- ^ "Alabama Bound Author Billie Young". Alabamabound.org. 2005年02月11日. Archived from the original on 2012年03月05日. Retrieved 2011年12月23日.
- ^ "Judson College - Intranet". Intranet.judson.edu. Archived from the original on 2011年11月24日. Retrieved 2011年12月23日.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011年06月12日. Retrieved 2010年04月01日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Billie Jean Young, Associate Professor of Fine and Performing Arts/ Artist-in-Residence, Judson College". Womenarts.org. 2008年12月10日. Archived from the original on 2004年03月21日. Retrieved 2011年12月23日.
- ^ "Billie Jean Young, Community Development Leader". MacArthur Foundation.
- ^ "Mississippi Actors, Actresses, Stars of Stage, Screen, and Television, Directors". MSwritersandmusicians.com. Archived from the original on 2011年12月30日. Retrieved 2011年12月23日.
External links
[edit ]- Author's website Archived 2015年01月09日 at the Wayback Machine
- Conversations - (#622) Sonny Brewer; Billie Jean Young, Mississippi Public Television
- Performing Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light