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    Wil Haygood

    WIL 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.
    The War Within a War
    The War Within a War
    The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
    Wil Haygood
    9780593537695
    $35.00 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 10, 2026
    Knopf
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Colorization
    Colorization
    One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
    Wil Haygood
    9780525656876
    $30.00 US
    Hardcover
    Oct 19, 2021
    Knopf
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    In Black and White
    In Black and White
    The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
    Wil Haygood
    9780804172516
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 12, 2020
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Tigerland
    Tigerland
    1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
    Wil Haygood
    9780525432579
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 13, 2019
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    Books

    The War Within a War
    The War Within a War
    The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
    Wil Haygood
    9780593537695
    $35.00 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 10, 2026
    Knopf
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Colorization
    Colorization
    One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
    Wil Haygood
    9780525656876
    $30.00 US
    Hardcover
    Oct 19, 2021
    Knopf
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    In Black and White
    In Black and White
    The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
    Wil Haygood
    9780804172516
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 12, 2020
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Tigerland
    Tigerland
    1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
    Wil Haygood
    9780525432579
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 13, 2019
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Events

    Tue Feb 10 | 07:00 PM
    POLITICS & PROSE
    5015 CONNECTICUT AVE NW
    WASHINGTON, DC 20008-2024
    Google Map

    Thu Feb 12 | 05:00 PM
    University of Baltimore Law School
    Baltimore, MD 
    Google Map

    Tue Feb 17 | 06:30 PM
    Miami University
    101 S Campus Ave
    Miami, OH 
    Google Map

    Fri Feb 20 | 06:00 PM
    Oxford Local Library
    441 South Locust Street
    Oxford, OH 
    Google Map

    Sun Feb 22 | 07:00 PM
    Gramercy Books @the Drexel Theater
    2254 East Main St
    Bexley, OH 43209
    Google Map

    Mon Feb 23 | 03:30 PM
    Ohio State University Denney 214
    Columbus, OH 
    Google Map

    Sat Feb 28 | 05:00 PM
    National Veterans Memorial & Museum Gala
    300 West Broad Street
    Columbus, OH 43215
    Google Map

    Tue Mar 03 | 06:30 PM
    Pratt Library
    400 Cathedral St
    Baltimore, MD 
    Google Map

    Thu Mar 05
    Brooklyn Public Library
    Brooklyn, NY 
    Google Map

    Sun Mar 22
    TOM'S BOOKPLATE BOOKSTORE @HOLT EDUCATION CENTER
    200 S CROSS ST
    CHESTERTOWN, MD 21620-1549
    Google Map

    Mon Mar 23 | 05:00 PM
    Starr Center at Washington College
    Litrenta, Toll Science Center
    Chestertown, MD 21620
    Google Map

    Thu Mar 26 | 01:00 PM
    Columbus State Community College Mitchell Hall
    250 Cleveland Avenue
    Columbus, OH 43215
    Google Map

    Sat Mar 28 | 10:00 AM
    National Veterans Memorial & Museum
    300 W Broad St
    Columbus, OH 43215
    Google Map

    Mon Mar 30 | 07:00 PM
    Denison University
    Granville, OH 
    Google Map

    Tue Apr 21 | 07:00 PM
    Cleveland Public Library
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    Washington, DC 20008
    Google Map

    Sat Apr 25
    Newburyport Book Festival
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    Google Map

    Sat Jul 11
    Columbus Book Festival @Columbus Metropolitan Library
    96 S Grant Ave
    Columbus, OH 43215
    Google Map

    Fri Jul 31
    National Book Club Conference
    Atlanta, GA 
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