Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 12, Smith Auditorium
The event is free and open to the public. Meet journalist and author of “A Butler Well Served by this Election,” the inspiration for the award-winning motion picture “The Butler,” directed by Lee Daniels.
5:00-6:15 p.m.: Presentation and Q&A
6:15-8:00 p.m.: Reception and Book Signing
Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Complementary parking is available in Lot C under Building 12.
About Wil Haygood
For nearly 30 years, Wil Haygood was a journalist who served as a national and foreign correspondent at the Boston Globe and Washington Post. He is also the author of seven books. Along with being a Pulitzer Prize finalist during his time at the Boston Globe, Mr. Haygood has received the Great Lakes Book Award, the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, and the Nonfiction Book of the Year Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association; he was also a finalist for the first ever PEN-ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award. Mr. Haygood is currently the Karl and Helen Wiepking Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Building 12, Smith Auditorium
The event is free and open to the public. Meet journalist and author of “A Butler Well Served by this Election,” the inspiration for the award-winning motion picture “The Butler,” directed by Lee Daniels.
5:00-6:15 p.m.: Presentation and Q&A
6:15-8:00 p.m.: Reception and Book Signing
Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Complementary parking is available in Lot C under Building 12.
About Wil Haygood
For nearly 30 years, Wil Haygood was a journalist who served as a national and foreign correspondent at the Boston Globe and Washington Post. He is also the author of seven books. Along with being a Pulitzer Prize finalist during his time at the Boston Globe, Mr. Haygood has received the Great Lakes Book Award, the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, and the Nonfiction Book of the Year Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association; he was also a finalist for the first ever PEN-ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award. Mr. Haygood is currently the Karl and Helen Wiepking Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.