Billie Young
Encyclopedia
Billie Jean Young is an actor, activist, poet and educator.
She lives in Pennington, Alabama
from which she travels the world to teach, work with young people.
She graduated from Judson College
, and Samford University
’s Cumberland School of Law. She taught at Jackson State University
. She teaches at Mississippi State University
, Meridian campus.
She was Artist-in-Residence, at Judson College
.
Her papers are held at the University of Alabama
Hoole Special Collections Library.
She lives in Pennington, Alabama
Pennington, Alabama
Pennington is a town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 353.-Geography:Pennington is located at 32°12'13.208" North, 88°3'8.982" West .According to the U.S...
from which she travels the world to teach, work with young people.
She graduated from Judson College
Judson College (Alabama)
Judson College, originally named Judson Female Institute, was founded by members of the Siloam Baptist Church in 1838 in Marion, Alabama. It is the fifth oldest women's college in the United States. It was named after Ann Hasseltine Judson, the first female foreign missionary from the United States...
, and Samford University
Samford University
Samford University, founded as Howard College is a private, coeducational, Alabama Baptist Convention-affiliated university located in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It includes the , Cumberland School of Law, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Brock School of Business, Ida V....
’s Cumberland School of Law. She taught at Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
. She teaches at Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
, Meridian campus.
She was Artist-in-Residence, at Judson College
Judson College (Alabama)
Judson College, originally named Judson Female Institute, was founded by members of the Siloam Baptist Church in 1838 in Marion, Alabama. It is the fifth oldest women's college in the United States. It was named after Ann Hasseltine Judson, the first female foreign missionary from the United States...
.
Her papers are held at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
Hoole Special Collections Library.
Awards
- 1984 MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
- 1995 Mississippi Governor's Award for Artistic Achievement
- 1995 Lucy Terry Prince Unsung Heroine Award
Works
- "Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light", Mississippi Writers: Drama, Editor Dorothy Abbott, University Press of Mississippi, 1991, ISBN 9780878052387
- Fear Not The Fall, NewSouth Books, 2004, ISBN 9781588381613
External links
- Author's website
- Conversations - (#622) Sonny Brewer; Billie Jean Young, Mississippi Public Television