Williams, Philip Lee

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Encyclopedia article about Raymond Andrews, a widely acclaimed novelist and chronicler of the African American experience in north central Georgia. His first novel, Appalachee Red, won the James Baldwin Prize for fiction in 1979. Andrews attended Booker T. Washington High School and Michigan State University. He also served four years in the U.S. Air Force, including a tour of duty in Korea.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia