Miami Presents: The War Within a War - The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
Book talk with author Wil Haygood '76
Presented on: Wednesday, February 18th 2026 at 12:00 PM EST
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Join us for Winter College – five days of lunchtime webinar lectures and MUAA's famous virtual bourbon and wine tastings. All fun and no exams means this is the collegiate experience of your dreams!
Join us for a special book conversation with Miami alum and award-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood.
In The War Within a War - The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home, 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.
WIL HAYGOOD '76 is the author of ten nonfiction books. His biography of Thurgood Marshall, Showdown, and his biography of White House butler Eugene Allen, The Butler, were New York Times bestsellers. The Butler was adapted into a film directed by Lee Daniels. His longtime journalism career—which took him around the world and into several war zones—was spent largely at The Boston Globe, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and The Washington Post, where he won numerous awards. A John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, and an Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow, Haygood was the recipient of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, an international prize bestowed by the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. Haygood is a visiting scholar at Miami University.
This event is open to all and free to attend - register here. Questions? Please contact J.J. Slager at slagerjj@miamioh.edu.
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