BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Living History CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=8767\n\nOn Friday\, August 8th at 1:00 pm\, the Alexand ria Black History Museum will host a lecture and book signing by author W il Haygood. This event is free and open to the public.\n\nAcclaimed Wash ington Post reporter Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Barack Obama wou ld win the 2008 election. When he did\, Haygood wanted to publish an arti cle about a black person who had worked in the White House as a servant\, someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread the very thought of a black president was inconceivable. He tracked down Eugene A llen\, a butler who had served eight presidents\, from Harry Truman to Ro nald Reagan. The result was The Butler: A Witness to History\, a portrai t of Eugene Allen's lifelong journey\, from his birth in 1919 on a southe rn plantation to his years in service at the White House.\n\nThe book\, w hich quickly became a bestseller\, was released in tandem with the award- winning motion picture The Butler-of which Haygood is associate producer- starring Oprah Winfrey\, Forest Whitaker\, Jane Fonda\, and Vanessa Redgr ave. Among the film's many honors include receiving two NAACP Image Award s for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Forest Whitaker) and Outstan ding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (David Oyelowo).\n\nMany promin ent people responded to the powerful message produced from the feature fi lm\, including President Obama\, who was quoted as saying\, ""I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House\, but an entire generation of people..."\n\nHaygood is the author of five nonfiction books and his journalism career has been equally notable. For 17 years he was a national and foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe \, where he became a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 1990\, while covering th e civil war in Somalia he was taken hostage by rebels and eventually rele ased with the aid of Pakistani troops. In 2002\, Haygood joined The Wash ington Post as a national writer. He was one of the first journalists to make it into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck\, a story which h e covered for 33 straight days without a break. In 2008\, he traveled wit h Barack Obama. \n\nIn 2013\, Wil Haygood was honored with the prestigiou s Ella Baker Award\, named after the civil rights pioneer. The judges cit ed Haygood's literary career "for shedding a light on those who give much \, but are little noticed." He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Miami University (Oxford\, Ohio) and a National Endowment for the Huma nities Fellowship in 2013.\n\nThe lecture and book signing will be held a t the Alexandria Black History Museum\, located at 902 Wythe Street\, Ale xandria\, Virginia 22314. For more information\, please call 703.746.435 6. Seating is limited. Reservations are required. The Museum is located f ive blocks from the Braddock Road Metro Station on the Yellow and Blue Li nes. Street parking is available\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 90 2 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356\nFees: Free\, but reservations r equired\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Living History\, Museums\, Ol d & Historic Alexandria DTEND:20140808T200000Z DTSTAMP:20140731T162042Z DTSTART:20140808T170000Z GEO:38.812083;-77.048042 LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St. SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Free Lecture by Wil Haygood-Author of The Butler TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:55dd1102-609f-4b24-9b45-0fa2d1980ddc X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandria va.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=8767
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On Friday\, August 8 th at 1:00 pm\, the Alexandria Black History Museum will host a lecture a nd book signing by author Wil Haygood. This event is free and open to th e public.\n
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Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood h ad an early hunch that Barack Obama would win the 2008 election. When he did\, Haygood wanted to publish an article about a black person who had w orked in the White House as a servant\, someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread the very thought of a black president was i nconceivable. He tracked down Eugene Allen\, a butler who had served eig ht presidents\, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. The result was The B utler: A Witness to History\, a portrait of Eugene Allen?s lifelong journ ey\, from his birth in 1919 on a southern plantation to his years in serv ice at the White House.\n
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The book\, which quickly became a bestseller\, was released in tandem with the award-winning motion picture The Butler?of which Haygood is associate producer?starring Oprah Winfrey \, Forest Whitaker\, Jane Fonda\, and Vanessa Redgrave. Among the film 9\;s many honors include receiving two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Forest Whitaker) and Outstanding Supporting A ctor in a Motion Picture (David Oyelowo).\n
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Many prominent p eople responded to the powerful message produced from the feature film\, including President Obama\, who was quoted as saying\, ?"\;I teared u p thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House\ , but an entire generation of people...?\n
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Haygood is the au thor of five nonfiction books and his journalism career has been equally notable. For 17 years he was a national and foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe\, where he became a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 1990\, whil e covering the civil war in Somalia he was taken hostage by rebels and ev entually released with the aid of Pakistani troops. In 2002\, Haygood jo ined The Washington Post as a national writer. He was one of the first jo urnalists to make it into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck\, a story which he covered for 33 straight days without a break. In 2008\, he traveled with Barack Obama. \n
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In 2013\, Wil Haygood was ho nored with the prestigious Ella Baker Award\, named after the civil right s pioneer. The judges cited Haygood'\;s literary career "\;for she dding a light on those who give much\, but are little noticed."\; He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Miami University (Oxford\, O hio) and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in 2013.\n
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The lecture and book signing will be held at the Alexandria Bl ack History Museum\, located at 902 Wythe Street\, Alexandria\, Virginia 22314. For more information\, please call 703.746.4356. Seating is limit ed. Reservations are required. The Museum is located five blocks from the Braddock Road Metro Station on the Yellow and Blue Lines. Street parking is available\n
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Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n
Contact Phone: 703.746.4356\n
Fees: Free\, but res ervations required\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
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