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GA HR866

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/24/2022

Primary Sponsor

Viola Davis

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021-2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Honors the life and memory of Valerie Boyd, who passed away on February 12, 2022
  • Recognizes her acclaimed biography of Zora Neale Hurston, Wrapped in Rainbows, which won the Southern Book Award for best nonfiction in 2003 and earned her the Georgia Author of the Year designation in nonfiction
  • Notes her career contributions as arts editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, editor at large of the University of Georgia Press, senior editor of The Bitter Southerner, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence at UGA's Grady College of Journalism
  • Acknowledges her forthcoming induction into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, as announced by the University of Georgia Library
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide a copy of the resolution to her family

Legislative Description

Boyd, Valerie; condolences

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

2/24/2022

Full Bill Text

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