Berea
College and the Appalachian
Studies Association annually present the Weatherford Award to the
authors of one non-fiction work and one fiction work which in its year
best illuminates the challenges, personalities, and unique qualities
of the Appalachian South. The conferring of this annual $500 award
has come to be recognized as a major Appalachian event.
Established and supported for 19 years by the late Alfred Perrin,
retired publications director of Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati,
the award commemorates the life and achievements of W.D. Weatherford,
Sr., a pioneer and leading figure for many years in Appalachian development,
youth work and race relations, and of his son, Willis D. Weatherford,
Jr., late Berea College President.
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