Editing Wayne Williams (section)

==Early life and education==
Wayne Williams, son of Homer and Faye Williams, was born on May 27, 1958, and raised in the [[Dixie Hills, Atlanta|Dixie Hills]] neighborhood of southwest [[Atlanta]], Georgia. Both of his parents were teachers. Williams graduated from Douglass High School and developed a keen interest in radio and journalism. He constructed his own [[carrier current]] radio station and began frequenting stations [[WIGO (AM)|WIGO]] and [[WAOK]], where he befriended a number of the announcing crew and began dabbling in becoming a pop music producer and manager.<ref>{{cite news|first=Reginald|last=Stuart|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/22/us/suspect-in-atlanta-young-big-ideas-but-a-career-of-limited-achievements.html|title=Suspect in Atlanta: Young, Big Ideas, But a Career of Limited Achievement|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=June 22, 1981|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>