Bestselling author, prize-winning journalist, acclaimed biographer, and cultural historian Wil Haygood will read from his book "Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World," in the Benes Rooms inside Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Published in 2021, "Colorization" is a New York Times critics' top book of the year, a Booklist editor's choice, and an NPR best book of the year. A book sale and signing will follow the reading. Haygood's presentation is Ohio Wesleyan's 2026-2027 Katherine Kearney Carpenter Lecture sponsored by the OWU Department of English. Admission is free. Learn more at owu.edu/English.