CAS Read Big – Tigerland w/Wil Haygood – September 28, 2018
The University of the District of Columbia, College of Arts and Sciences, is proud to host author Wil Haygood as he embarks on a national tour promoting his newest release, Tigerland.
When: Friday, September 28, 2018
Where: The University of the District of Columbia, Theatre of the Arts, 4200 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20008
Contacts: Kemmell.watson@udc.edu 202-274-5807 or tahira.henderson@udc.edu 202-274-7114
Award-winning writing, amazing storytelling, lasting impact.
CAS Reads Big turns 7 this year, and we’re celebrating our 20th book event with a “Big” evening of food, friends, and of course, prize-winning storytelling. Join us as literary icon Wil Haygood headlines an evening of narrative and conversation. He’ll introduce his newest work, Tigerland, and walk us through this critically acclaimed story of community, struggle, and triumph.
About Tigerland
From the author of the best-selling The Butler–an emotional, inspiring story of two teams from a poor, black, segregated high school in Ohio, who, in the midst of the racial turbulence of 1968/1969, win the Ohio state baseball and basketball championships in the same year under the leadership of the school’s first black principal. The University of the District of Columbia is noted in the book because one of the athletes received a scholarship offer from Federal City College.
About the Author
WIL HAYGOOD is currently a Visiting Distinguished Professor in the department of media, journalism, and film at Miami University, Ohio. For nearly three decades he was a journalist, serving as a national and foreign correspondent at The Boston Globe, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and then at The Washington Post. He is the author The Butler: A Witness to History; Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America; Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson; In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr; Two on the River; King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.; and The Haygoods of Columbus: A Family Memoir. The Butler was later adapted into the critically acclaimed film directed by Lee Daniels, starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. He has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and the 2017 Patrick Henry Fellowship Literary Award for his research on Tigerland. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Be the first to take home a signed copy of this book to be released September 20, 2018. Pre-order your copy today. $27.95
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