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SUMMARY:Wil Haygood in conversation with Leroy Chapman
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n                    \n                \n					\n						\n\n                        \n					\n                \n                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Members. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n                    \n                \n					\n						\n\n                        \n					\n                \n                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insiders. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n                    \n                \n					\n						\n\n                        \n					\n                \n                            \n            \n\n\n\n\nAtlanta History Center and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize are proud to bring Wil Haygood to Atlanta to discuss his influential book The War Within a War. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAward-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans—fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home—and a powerful lens through which to understand the racial and political divides that continue to shape American life. \n\n\n\nDrawing on the lives of soldiers and officers\, doctors and nurses\, journalists and activists\, artists and politicians\, Haygood illuminates a generation caught between two battles: one on the front lines in Vietnam and another for justice and dignity in America.Among those at the heart of the story are Air Force pilot Fred Cherry\, the first Black officer captured by the North Vietnamese and a hero to millions back home; Dr. Elbert Nelson\, a doctor who came to Vietnam after watching TV footage of the Watts riots in Los Angeles and soon found himself amid rising Black soldier protests overseas; Wallace Terry\, a groundbreaking Black reporter determined to expose the dynamics of race and war to the American public and Philippa Schuyler\, a biracial concert pianist who traveled to Vietnam to rescue mixed-race orphans\, many fathered by Black soldiers\, and died trying to bring them to safety.Surrounding their experiences are the cultural and political forces of the era\, including Martin Luther King Jr.\, Marvin Gaye\, Berry Gordy\, and Lyndon Johnson\, whose voices and actions shaped a decade of turbulence and transformation.The War Within a War is both sweeping history and intimate revelation\, capturing the tragedies and triumphs\, the honor and hypocrisies\, the courage and cowardice that shaped an era and whose repercussions resonate today. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nWil Haygood is the author of Tigerland\, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; Showdown\, a finalist for an NAACP Image Award; In Black and White; and The Butler\, which was made into a film directed by Lee Daniels. He has been a correspondent for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe\, where he was a Pulitzer finalist. Haygood is a Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow\, and is currently Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Miami University in Oxford\, Ohio. Haygood was recently elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Moderator\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n Leroy Chapman Jr. is The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Editor-in-Chief. Previously\, he was managing editor where he was in charge of reporting teams that cover state\, local and federal government; politics; education; public safety; local\, state and federal courts; transportation; immigration and breaking news. He has worked at the AJC since 2011.
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