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Author Talk: Lee Hawkins
February 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
I Am Nobody’s Slave: An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins
Award-Winning Journalist, and Creator and Host of the podcast “What Happened in Alabama?”
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Last Thing He Told Me
Join 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 his riveting memoir, I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free. This book shows how genealogical research can educate and heal Americans of all races, revealing through their story the story of America—a journey of struggle, resilience, and the heavy cost of ultimate success.
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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