Education
She graduated from Judson College, and Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law.
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Billie Young
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She lives in Marion, Alabama from which she travels the world to teach, work with young people. She taught at Jackson State University. She has taught at Mississippi State University, Meridian campus.
She is Artist-in-Residence, at Judson College.
Her papers are held at the University of Alabama Hoole Special Collections Library.
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MacArthur Fellowship Governor's Award; MacArthur Fellows Program 1984 MacArthur Fellows Program 1995 Mississippi Governor's Award for Artistic Achievement 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 The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.MacArthur Fellowship Governor's Award; MacArthur Fellows Program 1984 MacArthur Fellows Program 1995 Mississippi Governor's Award for Artistic Achievement 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 The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.