Posted on Jun 17, 2022
In ‘The Movement Made Us,’ a father and son trace the lasting impact of civil rights activism
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Dennis Jr. grew up hearing these episodic tales about his father, but he says he wasn’t fully aware of what his father went through until writing this book. He says these stories were often told with humor.
“They were just sort of told in this sort of this comedic sort of hint to it of like these men and women who had survived and were telling these survival tales with laughter,” Dennis Jr. says. “And it wasn’t until I talked to dad … that I learned that these were really sometimes gruesome, always dangerous stories that involved a lot of damage.”
..."Dennis Jr. grew up hearing these episodic tales about his father, but he says he wasn’t fully aware of what his father went through until writing this book. He says these stories were often told with humor.
“They were just sort of told in this sort of this comedic sort of hint to it of like these men and women who had survived and were telling these survival tales with laughter,” Dennis Jr. says. “And it wasn’t until I talked to dad … that I learned that these were really sometimes gruesome, always dangerous stories that involved a lot of damage.”
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