“We’re proud of the work the Starr Center, Washington College, and Chestertown have done to support some of the greatest minds and chroniclers of our nation’s history,” Dr. Adam Goodheart, the center’s fellows spend nine months living in a historic home in Chestertown and working in the colonial Custom House while working on writing projects centered around American history. According to Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the Starr Center Dr. Haygood was the Starr Center’s 2017-18 Patrick Henry Writing Fellow. While he was a journalist, Haygood was taken hostage in Somalia, witnessed Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, and interviewed James Brown while he was behind bars, according to Dr. “There are people out there trying to ban books, trying to twist the facts of history, so this work is very important,” Haygood said.Īccording to Penguin Random House, Haygood was also a correspondent for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Haygood sees his historical work as contributing to broader modern conversations. The event was organized by the Starr Center in collaboration with the Rose O’Neill Literary House.Īccording to Penguin Random House, Haygood is the author of several best-selling books, namely “Showdown,” “In Black and White,” and “The Butler.” He is a Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow and is working as a Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Patrick Nugent on Wednesday, March 8 in Litrenta Lecture Hall.

Mike Miller Director of Civic Engagement Dr. Journalist and biographer Wil Haygood delivered brief remarks on his new book, “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World,” before sitting down for a conversation with Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience Thomas V.

Colorization by Wil Haygood