David J. Dennis Jr.

David J. Dennis Jr.

DAVID J. DENNIS JR. is a senior writer at ESPN’s Landscape. His work has been featured in Atlanta magazine, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among other publications. Dennis is the recipient of the 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize, is a National Association of Black Journalist Salute to Excellence award winner, and was named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans of 2020. He lives in Georgia with his wife and two children and is a graduate of Davidson College.

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The Movement Made Us
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The Movement Made Us
  • By: David J. Dennis Jr.
  • Narrator: Cary Hite
  • Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: May 10, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (179 ratings)
(179 ratings)
“The Movement Made Us takes literature to a momentous Southern Black space to which I honestly never thought a book could take us. This is literally the Movement that made us and both Davids love us whole here with a creation that is as... Read more

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