Pulitzer winner Eli Saslow will visit Pitt Greensburg to cap Westmoreland Reads program

Joe Napsha | Thursday, August 25, 2022 6:26 p.m.

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The YWCA Westmoreland County on North Main Street in Greensburg. The YWCA Westmoreland County on North Main Street in Greensburg.

A book by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow will be the focus of a new countywide reading program started by Pitt-Greensburg.

Westmoreland Reads will focus on “Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakenings of a Former White Nationalist,” Saslow’s 2019 book about Derek Black, who was raised as a white nationalist but ultimately rejected the ideology and confronted the damage done by it. Black is the godson of former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke and the son of Don Black, founder of Stormfront, an online white nationalist forum.

On Oct. 13, Saslow will visit Pitt-Greensburg for a presentation on the book.

There will be reading groups throughout Westmoreland County and the incoming freshman class at Pitt-Greensburg will read it.

Those interested in participating in group discussions about the book can register for afternoon or evening sessions on Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29, at the YWCA, 424 N. Main St., Greensburg. The deadline to register is Sept. 1.

The program was formed in collaboration with Westmoreland County Library Network, the YWCA of Westmoreland County and the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition.