Library Online Calendar | Virtual Author Talk With Lee Hawkins

FEB
18
2025
TUE

Streamed Event (1)
Online
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

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Description: I Am Nobody’s Slave: An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins

This event is online-only. We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free.

About the Author: Lee Hawkins was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist as a lead reporter on a series about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 at the Wall Street Journal, where he worked for nineteen years. He has received several fellowships, including The Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism, the Alicia Patterson Foundation Journalism Fellowship, the O’Brien Fellowship for Public Service Journalism, the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship for reporting on child well-being. Hawkins is a five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ “Salute to Excellence” Award. He is the creator and host of the podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” and lives in the New York City area.

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Details: Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Streamed Event (1) - Online
Program Type: Adult
Registration: Reservation Required: Yes
Signup Begins: Friday, December 6 at 10:14 AM
Signup Ends: Tuesday, February 18 at 2:00 PM
Program Size: n/a

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VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK WITH LEE HAWKINS