ROBERT JONES, JR.

Robert Jones, Jr., is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Prophets, which was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. His writings have been featured in The New York Times, Essence, and The Paris Review, as well as the critically acclaimed anthologies Four Hundred Souls and The 1619 Project. He is the creator and curator of the social-justice, social-media community Son of Baldwin, which has 300,000 followers across platforms.

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