Jay-Z offers America ‘words to live by’
December 18, 2019 By Candace McDuffie, Correspondent Author, professor, and political pundit Michael Eric Dyson has made a career out of contextualizing the struggles of Black America. With his latest…
‘I’m a Business, Man’
By Tina Jordan Dec. 6, 2019 Hustling is, as the sociologist Michael Eric Dyson puts it, “the central motif of American history, the dominant measure of the American character,” and…
The Influence and Legacy of JAY-Z, According to the Author of New Book ‘Made in America’
By Malik Peay COMPLEX MAGAZINE August 06, 2019 From growing up in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to his rise to the top of rap, Shawn Carter has always embodied the hustler…
Greater Diversity Review: What Truth Sounds Like
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Winner, The 2018 Southern Book Prize In 2015 BLM activist Julius Jones confronted Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with an urgent query: “What in…
Kirkus Interview and Book Review: “The Black Presidency”
In Michael Eric Dyson’s rich and nuanced book new book, The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America, Dyson writes with passion and understanding about Barack…