Fri 9/29 @ 11:30PM
The Cleveland-based Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards have been honoring authors who address racism and diversity since 1935. Charlayne Hunter-Gault is this year’s winner of its Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 81-year-old author/journalist/educator/activist learned early about segregation when she was repeatedly rejected from the University of Georgia, despite stellar qualifications and the fact that there were no Black journalism programs, her chosen major, in Georgia. She attended college in Detroit before becoming one of the first two Black students admitted to the University of Georgia — following a court case.
She went on to a five-decade career in journalism, working for The New York Times PBS’ MacNeill-Lehrer Report and CNN’s Johannesburg, South Africa, bureau, among others. Last year, her book, the self-explanatory My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives, was published.
The day after the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards presentation, Hunter-Gault will be at the City Club to talk about her life’s work with moderator, Signal Clveland editor Helen Maynard. Following the discussion, she’ll be signing copies of the book which will be available for sale there, courtesy of ThirdSpace Reading Room.
The forum will also be livestreamed, starting at noon. Questions called be texted to 330-541.-5794.
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