WIL HAYGOOD is the author of \;Tigerland\, \;which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\;
\;Showdown\, \;a finalist for an NAACP Image Award\; \;\; For reasonable accommodati ons\, please contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLa ccess@dc.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\, please allow at least se ven (7) days notice.
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LaVonda N. Reed\, J
.D.\, has served as the dean of the University of Baltimore School
of Law since July 2024.
Prior to joining UBalt Law\, Dea n Reed served as dean of the Georgia State University College of Law. A se asoned higher education professional\, she previously held the roles of pr ofessor of law and associate provost for faculty affairs at Syracuse Unive rsity\, where she oversaw the university&rsquo\;s promotion and tenure rev iew process\, faculty research and administrative leaves\, awards\, and po licy development and enforcement. During her tenure\, she led many special projects and university initiatives including those related to employee b enefits and the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty. She founde d both the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and the Center for Faculty Leadership and Professional Development. These efforts advanced Sy racuse University&rsquo\;s National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant\, sup porting women and underrepresented minority scholars in STEM disciplines.< /p>\n
Dean Reed is a nationally recognized scholar in the areas of prope rty law and telecommunications regulatory law and policy\, and her teachin g also includes wills and trusts.
\nPreviously\, Dean Reed served on the faculty of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of L ouisville. She also clerked for the Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen of th e U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and practic ed communications and corporate law at the international law firm Paul Has tings LLP.
\nDean Reed earned her Juris Doctor from the University o f Southern California Gould School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts in econ omics from the University of Virginia.
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\nAward-winning author and jou rnalist Wil Haygood \;explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans&mdash\;fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home&mdash\;and a powerful lens through which to und erstand the racial and political divides that continue to shape American l ife.
\n\n\n&ldquo\;With this book\, Wil Haygo od has become the preeminent chronicler of the Black experience in America .&rdquo\; \;&mdash\;Richard Rhodes\, Pulitzer Laureate for \;The M aking of the Atomic Bomb
\n&ldquo\;In these masterful pages \, Haygood reframes both the Vietnam War and the United States&rsquo\; unf inished struggle for equality.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Mitchell Zuckoff\, \;New York Times \;bestselling author of \;13 Hours \;and \;Los t in Shangri-La
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Drawing on the lives of soldie rs and officers\, doctors and nurses\, journalists and activists\, artists and politicians\, Haygood illuminates a generation caught between two bat tles: one on the front lines in Vietnam and another for justice and dignit y in America.
\nAmong those at the heart of the story are Air Force pilot Fred Cherry\, the first Black officer captured by the North Vietname se and a hero to millions back home\; Dr. Elbert Nelson\, a doctor who cam e to Vietnam after watching TV footage of the Watts riots in Los Angeles a nd soon found himself amid rising Black soldier protests overseas\; Wallac e Terry\, a groundbreaking Black reporter determined to expose the dynamic s of race and war to the American public and Philippa Schuyler\, a biracia l concert pianist who traveled to Vietnam to rescue mixed-race orphans\, m any fathered by Black soldiers\, and died trying to bring them to safety.< /p>\n
Surrounding their experiences are the cultural and political force s of the era\, including Martin Luther King Jr.\, Marvin Gaye\, Berry Gord y\, and Lyndon Johnson\, whose voices and actions shaped a decade of turbu lence and transformation.
\nThe War Within a War \;is both sweep ing history and intimate revelation\, capturing the tragedies and triumphs \, the honor and hypocrisies\, the courage and cowardice that shaped an er a and whose repercussions resonate today.
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