Author series explores slavery in the White House, July 15

 Del Wilber, a National Press Club governor, continues his “covid conversations” with authors on Wednesday, July 15, at 8:30 p.m. with Jesse Holland, an award-winning writer and journalist.

Holland is the author of “The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slavery Inside The White House,” which was named the 2017 silver medal award winner in U.S. History in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. It also was recognized as one of the top history books of 2016 by Smithsonian.com.

For information on how to join the event, email Wilber at [email protected].

Holland is also the author of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Finn's Story” young adult novel and “The Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther?,” a novel about the Marvel super hero was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 2019.

Holland is currently serving as Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Residence at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress and Saturday host for C-SPAN Washington Journal. He is a former Race & Ethnicity writer for The Associated Press, as well as a former White House, Supreme Court and Congressional reporter.  You can learn more about Holland online.