WEINSTEIN AUTHOR SERIES: ZACHARY WOOD

*Uncensored: **My Life & Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of
Black & White America*
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Lecture Hall
Free

Join us for the first event of the 2019 Carole Weinstein Author Series.
Zachary R. Wood, a columnist and assistant opinion editor at *The Guardian* and
a Robert L. Bartley Fellow at the *Wall Street Journal*, will discuss his
powerful memoir, *Uncensored*, which offers his perspective on free speech,
race, and dissenting opinions. Wood grew up poor and black in Washington,
DC, where the only way to survive was resisting the urge to write people
off because of their backgrounds and perspectives. By sharing his troubled
upbringing—from a difficult early childhood to the struggles of
code-switching between his home and his elite private school—Wood makes a
compelling argument for a new way of interacting with others and presents a
new outlook on society's most difficult conversations. A book signing will
follow the talk. For more information, contact Emma Ito at 804.692.3726 or
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