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
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:…
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
By Michael Eric Dyson January 17, 2017 “Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A…
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
By Michael Eric Dyson February 2, 2016 A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America’s first black presidency, from “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals…
Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson
By Michael Eric Dyson May 12, 2009 Over the last 20 years, Michael Eric Dyson has become one of America’s most visible—and quotable—public intellectuals. Whether in his sixteen books, or…
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death And How It Changed America
By Michael Eric Dyson Mar 31, 2008 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was…
Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop
By Michael Eric Dyson July 2, 2007 Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the…
Debating Race: with Michael Eric Dyson
By Michael Eric Dyson February 13, 2007 Whether chronicling the class conflict in the African-American community or exposing the failings of the government response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,…
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
By Michael Eric Dyson January 24, 2006 Michael Eric Dyson took America by storm with this provocative expose of the class and generational divide that is tearing black America apart….