Hartselle to celebrate legacy of ‘Bill’ Huie

Two events later this month will celebrate the important legacy of Hartselle native William Bradford “Bill” Huie.
On Friday, Feb. 25, Huie’s heroism and literary contributions as a journalist will be the subject of a lecture by Pulitzer prize-winning author Hank Kilbanoff. Hosting the 7 p.m. program will be Hartselle First United Methodist Church.
On Saturday, Feb. 26, Hartselle native Greg Screws, a television news anchor and reporter, will lead a panel of media representatives in a discussion of the state of journalism today.
The event will be held in the City Hall Auditorium at 10 a.m.
In addition to Huie’s legacy, Klibanoff will address the pathways journalists are still pursuing to bring justice and closure to unresolved cold case files from 40-plus years ago.
An Alabama native, Klibanoff won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.” He is also a former managing editor for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
A question and answer session will follow Kilbanoff’s lecture.
Saturday’s panel discussion will focus on the obligations and challenges in covering controversial topics in today’s polarized and fractious media world.
These events are being presented as a part of the Southern Literary Trail’s “Trailfest 2011.”
Both the Friday night and Saturday programs are free and open to the public.
For more information concerning either of the events, please call the William Bradford Huie Public Library of Hartselle at 256-773-9880.
Trailfest 2011 programs of the Southern Literary Trail are sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state program of the National Endowment of the Arts. They are presented in Hartselle and Decatur with the following partners: William Bradford Huie Library, First United Methodist Church of Hartselle, the Carnegie Visual Arts Center and Bank Street Players of Decatur.