Wil Haygood's book "Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart and a Magical Season of Healing" released earlier this week, and he stopped by The Dispatch to discuss why the story about East High School's basketball and baseball state championship teams might be more relevant now politically than when he began writing it two years ago. The author and Columbus native, who now lives in Washington, D.C., also talks about NFL anthem protests, the personal nature of the book and why it could make a good movie.

• Wil Haygood’s latest book examines East High’s state titles in ’69