A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and a writer for the Washington Post, Wil Haygood has been described as a cultural historian. He is the author of a trio of iconic biographies. His King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., told the story of the enigmatic New York congressman and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. That was followed—after publication of a family memoir—by In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr., which was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor Music Biography Award, the Zora Neale Hurston-Richard Wright Legacy Award, and the Nonfiction Book of the Year Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. In 2009, he wrote Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson, which told the story of the famed New York pugilist known as much for his prowess in the ring as his elegant style outside of it. Haygood is an associate producer of Lee Daniels’ The Butler.
"Wil Haygood blends the political with the personal in this
portrait of White House butler Eugene Allen. Allen, an
African-American, served eight US presidents (from Harry Truman to
Ronald Reagan) for 34 years – a span of time that included
remarkable gains in civil rights."
*The Christian Science Monitor*
"The Butler: A Witness to History should get just as much, if not
more, attention than the film which uses its story for thematic
foundation. Wil Haygood adds Eugene Allen’s chronicle to his
impressive list of essential works on great figures in black and
American history."
*ArtsNash*
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