Endowed Lecture: Wil Haygood
January 21, 2025 , 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Endowed Lecture: Wil Haygood
When: Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Cole Hall
Notes: This event is free and open to the public.
Wil Haygood will present an endowed lecture at Bridgewater College on Tuesday, Jan. 21. A book signing will follow the lecture.
Haygood will deliver the keynote address, “Healing America: From Tigerland to Today,” for BC’s annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. In 2008, Haygood, a journalist, published “A butler well served by this election” in The Washington Post. His article, which is about long-time White House butler Eugene Allen, served as the basis for the 2013 movie The Butler. Also an acclaimed author, Haygood has published eight books, including Tigerland: 1968—1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing, which won the 2019 Ohioana Book Award and was runner-up for the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Award.
The endowed lecture is sponsored by the W. Harold Row Symposium on Reconciliation and the Harold H. Hersch Educational Fund and is co-presented by the Department of Student Life and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It is free and open to the public.
