# Event Details - **Event Name**: Acclaimed Journalist Wil Haygood Launches Vietnam Era Book! - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: The War Within a War examines Black struggle in Vietnam and at home. Haygood in conversation with ALL SIDES host Amy Juravich!About this EventJoin acclaimed journalist Wil Haygood as he launches , a timely exploration of the racial strife that dominated so much of life during the Vietnam era, and still prevalent today. Haygood will be in conversation with journalist Amy Juravich, host of NPR-member station WOSU’s All Sides with Amy Juravich.A general admission ticket of $10 is waived if The War Within a War is pre-purchased when registering. The book will also be available for purchase at the event.WOSU Public Media is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this event.The Vietnam war era, in many ways, mirrored and was the beginning of the racial and political turbulence and divisiveness we are experiencing today. By tracing the lives of a group of Black men and women—soldiers, doctors, nurses, journalists—who experienced the battles in Vietnam as well as the socio-political war raging at home in America, Wil Haygood brilliantly contextualizes the racial strife that dominated so much of life in those years and still dominates it today. The most important book to deal with this subject since the bestselling Bloods.DR. ELBERT NELSON: A Black doctor who came to Vietnam after watching TV footage of the Watts racial riot in Los Angeles, but soon found himself in the midst of Black Soldier protests; FRED CHERRY: Air Force pilot who became the first Black military officer captured by the North Vietnamese, becoming a hero to twenty million Black Americans; JOE ANDERSON: The first Black cinematic star of the war after his exploits in Vietnam inspired the academy award winning film The Anderson Platoon; DOROTHY HARRIS: A nurse stationed at Cu Chi, thirty miles from Saigon, where one particular death would haunt her forever...; WALLACE TERRY: An Ivy League grad who became the most visible Black reporter in Vietnam, determined, more than anyone, to investigate the racial dynamics of the decade-long conflict; GEORGE FORREST: The gauntlet he ran through enemy territory during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang to get back to his men became the stuff of legend; HENRY REED: A marine officer feared by the North Vietnamese, and who came to stand up against the racism in the Marine Corps; PHILIPPA SCHUYLER: A biracial concert pianist who went to Vietnam to rescue mixed-race orphans, many fathered by Black soldiers, and who died fleeing Vietnam with some of those orphans.These are the central characters Haygood uses to examine the role of Blacks in Vietnam and at home during and immediately after the war. Through the prism of their lives as well as many other crucial figures of that era—Marvin Gaye and Berry Gordy, Dwight Johnson (a war hero, who is shattered and ultimately destroyed by his experiences), Maude deVictor (who took up the cause of Agent Orange on behalf of veterans), Lyndon Johnson, William J. Fulbright, Martin Luther King, and still many others, Haygood reveals the tragedies and triumphs, the honor and hypocrisies, the courage and the cowardice that shaped an era and whose repercussions resonate today.Wil Haygood is the author of ten nonfiction books, many of which have won literary awards. His book, The Butler, was made into a film directed by Lee Daniels. Haygood has been a correspondent for the Washington Post and The Boston Globe, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2022 he received the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Peace Prize Foundation. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Haygood is currently Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Miami University in Ohio.Amy Juravich is the host of All Sides with Amy Juravich on 89.7 NPR News, WOSU Public Media’s daily news program that dives deep into issues important to Central Ohio. Amy joined WOSU Public Media in 2007. She began her career in public radio at WDUQ-FM (a Pittsburgh NPR news station) and worked in Tallahassee, Florida as a reporter for WFSU-FM and Florida Public Radio covering capital news for the state. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from Duquesne University with a B.A. in journalism and a B.A. in English. Amy also attended Ohio State’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs earning a master’s in public administration with a focus in nonprofit management. She lives in Clintonville with her husband, daughter, and son. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bexley/acclaimed-journalist-wil-haygood-launches-vietnam-era-book/100001841891108889 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, literary-art, music, concerts, sports, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Facclaimed-journalist-wil-haygood-launches-vietnam-era-book-tickets-1841891108889 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 11.49, max: 38, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Bexley - **state**: OH - **country**: United States - **location**: Drexel Theatre - **lat**: 39.9573315 - **long**: -82.9386706 - **full address**: Drexel Theatre, 2254 East Main Street, Bexley, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Gramercy Books (https://allevents.in/org/gramercy-books/22803567) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/78a513a0607609b33d8cd1e64a1393e47e04076033f12c89f6b5b6238161f758-rimg-w1200-h675-dc7cc6c1-gmir.jpg?v=1761327715 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/47db94a11dbf5f7f3b8223c876cf5b77964b3b5274d640a6a38bc03e9e1f7e26-rimg-w400-h400-dc7dc7c2-gmir.jpg?v=1761327714 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Drexel Theatre, 2254 East Main Street, Bexley, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 11.49 up to 38 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Gramercy Books - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** entertainment, art, literary-art, music, concerts, sports, nonprofit - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Acclaimed Journalist Wil Haygood Launches Vietnam Era Book! ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Acclaimed Journalist Wil Haygood Launches Vietnam Era Book!", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/78a513a0607609b33d8cd1e64a1393e47e04076033f12c89f6b5b6238161f758-rimg-w1200-h675-dc7cc6c1-gmir.jpg?v=1761327715", "startDate": "2026-02-22", "endDate": "2026-02-22", "url": "https://allevents.in/bexley/acclaimed-journalist-wil-haygood-launches-vietnam-era-book/100001841891108889", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Drexel Theatre", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "2254 East Main Street", "postalCode": "43209", "addressLocality": "Bexley", "addressRegion": "OH", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "39.9573315", "longitude": "-82.9386706" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "The War Within a War examines Black struggle in Vietnam and at home. 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