Wil Haygood joins Columbus Metropolitan Library for a Carnegie Author Series event to discuss his new book "Colorization: 100 Years of Black Films in a White World".
Sunday, Oct. 24
2-3 p.m.
Main Library’s Siemer Family Reading Room
96 S. Grant Ave.
Columbus, OH 43215
**Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours is required for entry to this event.**
Join us for a free in-person author talk at Main Library featuring Columbus native Wil Haygood. His forthcoming book, Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Film in a White World, examines 100 years of Black movies--using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism to explore Black culture and the civil rights movement in America.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Haygood has authored multiple nonfiction books including The Butler: A Witness to History (2013); Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America (2015); In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. (2003) among others. In 2018, he published Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing, and curated an art book related to the Harlem Renaissance titled I, Too, Sing America.
For nearly three decades Wil Haygood 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.
Colorization is set to publish in October 2021.
EVENT DETAILS:
Free parking available in Main Library's attached garage. Library opens at 1 p.m. for seating, and the program will begin at 2 p.m. in the second floor Reading Room. A Friends of the Library book sale and author signing will follow. Come early to hear music from King Arts Complex musicians who will play a variety of theme songs from well-known films featured in Wil Haygood's newest book, Colorization.
The event is free to the public but registration is requested. Look for registration information in early September at www.columbuslibrary.org/special-events.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Visit |
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