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Wil Haygood

WIL HAYGOOD is the author of ten nonfiction books, many of which have won literary awards. His book, The Butler, was made into a film directed by Lee Daniels. Haygood has been a correspondent for the Washington Post and The Boston Globe, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2022, he received the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Peace Prize Foundation. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Haygood is currently Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Miami University in Ohio and has recently been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
The War Within a War
Colorization
In Black and White
Tigerland
Showdown

Tue May 26 | 07:00 PM
MLK Jr. Public Library
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Washington, DC 
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Thu Jun 11 | 07:00 PM
St. Louis County Library Clark Family Branch
1640 S Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, MO 
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Mon Jul 13 | 06:30 PM
Thurber House
77 Jefferson Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
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Fri Jul 31
National Book Club Conference
Atlanta, GA 
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Wed Sep 16 | 07:00 PM
Atlanta History Center McElreath Hall
130 W Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 
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Books

The War Within a War
Colorization
In Black and White
Tigerland
Showdown

Events

Tue May 26 | 07:00 PM
MLK Jr. Public Library
901 G St NW
Washington, DC 
Google Map

Thu Jun 11 | 07:00 PM
St. Louis County Library Clark Family Branch
1640 S Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, MO 
Google Map

Mon Jul 13 | 06:30 PM
Thurber House
77 Jefferson Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
Google Map

Fri Jul 31
National Book Club Conference
Atlanta, GA 
Google Map

Wed Sep 16 | 07:00 PM
Atlanta History Center McElreath Hall
130 W Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 
Google Map

Celebrate Black History Month!

Image from Gee’s Bend: Equal Justice by Essie Bendolph Pettway, Paulson Fontaine Press   February is Black History Month! Continue to celebrate the stories and achievements of the Black community throughout February and the rest of the year through self-education, conversation and action. Black History Month Amplify Black Voices: Cookbooks Amplify Black Stories: Children’s Books Amplify Black

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