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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how th
 e Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans—fighting 
 for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home—and a powerful lens thr
 ough 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 f
 ront lines in Vietnam and another for justice and dignity in America.\n\n \
 n\nAmong 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 mill
 ions back home\; Dr. Elbert Nelson\, a doctor who came to Vietnam after wat
 ching TV footage of the Watts riots in Los Angeles and soon found himself a
 mid rising Black soldier protests overseas\; Wallace Terry\, a groundbreaki
 ng Black reporter determined to expose the dynamics of race and war to the 
 American public and Philippa Schuyler\, a biracial concert pianist who trav
 eled to Vietnam to rescue mixed-race orphans\, many fathered by Black soldi
 ers\, and died trying to bring them to safety.\n\n \n\nSurrounding their ex
 periences are the cultural and political forces of the era\, including Mart
 in Luther King Jr.\, Marvin Gaye\, Berry Gordy\, and Lyndon Johnson\, whose
  voices and actions shaped a decade of turbulence and transformation.\n\n \
 n\nThe War Within a War is both sweeping history and intimate revelation\, 
 capturing the tragedies and triumphs\, the honor and hypocrisies\, the cour
 age and cowardice that shaped an era and whose repercussions resonate today
 .\n\n \n\nWil Haygood will be joined in conversation by Tom Hall\, host of 
 WYPR's Midday.\n\n \n\nAbout the Author: \n\nWil Haygood is the author of T
 igerland\, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\; Showd
 own\, a finalist for an NAACP Image Award\; In Black and White\; and The Bu
 tler\, which was made into a film directed by Lee Daniels. He has been a co
 rrespondent for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe\, where he was a P
 ulitzer finalist. Haygood is a Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Hu
 manities Fellow\, and is currently Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar a
 t Miami University in Oxford\, Ohio.\n\n \n\nAbout the Moderator: \n\nTom H
 all is the host of WYPR's Midday (Monday-Friday from noon-1p)\, the highly 
 rated news and public policy program that features interviews with elected 
 officials\, community leaders\, as well as thought provoking authors\, arti
 sts\, researchers\, journalists\, and scholars from around the world.\n\n \
 n\nAbout the Program: \n\nTo attend in person please register here.Doors wi
 ll open to registered attendees at 6 pm. A local bookseller will be on-site
  and have books available for purchase.Free parking vouchers are available 
 to program attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin
  Street) after 4pm.  Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior t
 o or after the program. This free event will be presented in-person and vir
 tually.
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SUMMARY:Wil Haygood: "The War Within a War"
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