Michael Eric Dyson Legacy

BOOKS

Long Time Coming by Michael Eric Dyson
Long Time Coming

A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon…

Jay Z Made In America by Michael Eric Dyson
Jay Z: Made In America

A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER “Dyson writes with the affection of a fan but the rigor of an academic. … Using extensive passages from Jay-Z’s…

What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin,and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America

By Michael Eric Dyson June 5, 2018 A stunning follow up to New York Times bestseller Tears We Cannot Stop, a timely exploration of America’s tortured racial politicsPresident Barack Obama:…

EDUCATION

Michael Eric Dyson: The Importance Of Accountability At Dillard University

By Mariah Hickman – APR 5, 2016 “He is not the president of Black America, but he is the president of black Americans,” said MSNBC Political Analyst, Georgetown University Professor,…

Interview: Michael Eric Dyson’s Thoughts on HBCUs, Education and Immigration

Interview By Mona Austin To paraphrase scripture, people will perish for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). The United Negro College Fund along with major corporate sponsors, have made providing access…

“Conversation Peace,” Michael Eric Dyson’s First-Ever Tour of HBCUs

CHICAGO (April 19, 2019) – Dr. Michael Eric Dyson this week kicked-off “Conversation Peace,” his first-ever tour of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. Dr. Dyson, the…

CULTURE

Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’ Illmatic

By Michael Eric Dyson December 29, 2011 At the age of nineteen, Nasir “Nas” Jones began recording tracks for his debut album and changed the music world forever. Released in…

Punishment or Child Abuse?

By Michael Eric Dyson Sept. 17, 2014 WASHINGTON — THE indictment last week of the N.F.L. player Adrian Peterson by a Texas grand jury for reckless or negligent injury to…

Thank You Note: A Conversation With Nas and Michael Eric Dyson

By Michael Eric Dyson April 4, 2014 Dear Professor Jones and Dr. Dyson, I’ve been feeling lonely working in this graveyard dug by systemic injustice and filled by life-robbers. A…

POLITICS

‘You Ought to Vote Out of Self-Interest’: Michael Eric Dyson’s Message to Young People

By Kelly Macías December 06 2019     Author, activist and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson has been talking about race relations since he was 11 years old. Dyson’s…

Author Michael Eric Dyson breaks down why Biden and Buttigieg are resonating differently with black voters

By Joanne Rosa December 4, 2019 Author and Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson appeared on “The View” Wednesday where he spoke about why black voters might resonate more…

President Obama’s Racial Renaissance

By Michael Eric Dyson Aug. 1, 2015 WE finally have the president we thought we elected: one who talks directly and forcefully about race and human rights. When President Obama…

RELIGION

Gay Marriage Divides Black Religious Leaders

May 15, 2009 Heard on Tell Me More The Rev. Harry Jackson, who pastors a church in the Washington suburbs, believes same-sex marriage is a threat to the African-American family. But…

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates on education, religion and Obama

By Michael Eric Dyson October 13, 2017 Michael Eric Dyson is an ordained minister and sociology professor at Georgetown University. His latest book is “Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to…

How the Queen of Soul Preached to Us All

by Michael Eric Dyson – August 19, 2018 In 2015, Aretha Franklin invited me and a few others to join her in Philadelphia as she sang for Pope Francis. I…

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