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Note: Case 21 contains audio and video clips.
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AWARDS

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Syracuse University Centennial Medal for Outstanding Achievement, 1970.

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Southeastern Massachusetts University Seventy-Eighth Commencement, Dartmouth, Mass., 4 June 1978. Williams received an Honorary Doctor of Literature degree.

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LINDBACK AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED TEACHING. Presented by the president of The State University of New Jersey at Rutgers in recognition of Williams's contributions as Professor of English at the Newark campus of Rutgers University. 24 May 1982.
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McNATT, Norman H. Autographed letter, signed, to Williams, 12 February 1990, announcing the appointment of Williams as the Paul Robeson Professor of English, Rutgers University.

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, appointing Williams to the position of Professor Emeritus, June 1994.

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Black Writers Hall of Fame, Chicago State University, 1998.
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Honorary degree, Syracuse University, Doctor of Letters, 14 May 1995.
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"Citation accompanying the awarding of the degree," Syracuse University, 14 May 1995.

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Honorary Degree, State University of New York, Old Westbury, Doctor of Letters, 20 May 2001.

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Program from a luncheon where Williams was honored with the "President's Preservation Award," 6 October 2001.
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PHILLIS WHEATLEY AWARD FOR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LETTERS AND CULTURE, QBR The Black Book Review, 19 July 2002.
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THE JOHN OLIVER KILLENS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR FICTION, Blind Beggar Press 25th Anniversary Celebration, 22 September 2002.

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