![]() When I woke up the next morning I said to myself, ‘Obama’s gonna win.’ ” The three ladies who had been crying were judging the Senator, not by the color his skin, but by his character. And in the South fathers are very of mythical figures. The candidate, as we all know, was black. They said, “We’re crying because our fathers have stopped talking to us because we support that candidate inside.” The three young ladies were white. And I asked them, I said, ‘Is there was anything that I can do? And are you okay? I noticed three young ladies they had been inside of this rally and they were crying. He began, “In 2008 I was on the campaign trail for the Washington Post covering events for then Senator Barack Obama. Louis Public Library’s downtown location. Louis Public Library’s African American History Month Celebration at St. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Haygood, shared his story about the road he took to becoming both a New York Times Best Selling author and associate movie producer of a SAG Award nominated and NAACP Image Award winning movie at the keynote address he delivered at the St. Wil Haygood, Washington Post reporter, author of “ The Butler: A Witness To History” the book that inspired the hit movie, “ Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is enjoying both book and movie success and doesn’t mind sharing how he got there. Louis Public Library’s Black History Celebration February 2014 Wil Haygood delivers keynote address at St. ![]()
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