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'''Reverend Michael Eric Dyson''' (born October 23, 1958) is an ] ], ], and radio host. He is a professor of ] at ].


'''Michael Eric Dyson''' (born October 23, 1958) is an American ], author, ], and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at ].<ref name=vandy/> Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a ] ] and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two",<ref name=JBHE/> Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as ], ] and politics as well as biographies on ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].
== Life ==
Dyson was born to Everett and Addie Dyson. He attended ] in ] on academic scholarship but left and completed his education at Northwestern High School. He received: his ], from ] (magna cum laude); and his ] and ] in ], from ]. He is an ] ] ].


==Early life and education==
== Career ==
Dyson was born on October 23, 1958, in ], ], the son of Addie Mae Leonard, who was from Alabama. He was adopted by his stepfather, Everett Dyson.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He attended ] in ], Michigan, on an academic scholarship but left and completed his education at ].<ref name="JBHE">Michael A. Fletcher (Spring 2000). , ''The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education''.</ref> He became an ] ] at nineteen years of age.<ref name="WP1">Marie Arana (August 24, 2003). , '']''.</ref> Having worked in factories in Detroit to support his family, he entered ] as a freshman at the age of twenty-one.<ref name="TheRoot1">Michael Eric Dyson (April 2, 2011). {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605090014/http://www.theroot.com/views/remembering-manning-marable |date=June 5, 2011 }}, '']''.</ref> Dyson received his ], '']'', from ] in 1985.<ref name="JBHE" /> He received a Ph.D. in religion from ] in 1993 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled ''Uses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dyson|first=Michael Eric|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/809699|title=Uses of heroes : celebration and criticism in the interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.|date=1993|language=en}}</ref>
Dyson has taught at ], ], the ], ], ], and the ]. Since 2007, he has been a Professor of Sociology at ]. Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired on ], from January 2006 to February 2007. He is also a commentator on ], ], and '']''.


==Career==
Dyson presided over the July 10, 2010, wedding of ] and ], at ]'s, in New York; the 320 guests included ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="UsM">{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/stylebeauty/news/lala-vazquez-carmelo-anthony-say-i-do-2010107|title=Exclusive: LaLa Vazquez, Carmelo Anthony Say "I Do"|date=July 10, 2010|work=]|accessdate=September 10, 2010}}</ref> The ceremony was filmed by ] and will air, in September 2010, as part of a reality series on the couple.<ref name="Wihlborg">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20400870,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|title=LaLa Vazquez Weds Carmelo Anthony|last=Wihlborg|first=Ulrica|date=July 10, 2010|work=]|accessdate=September 10, 2010}}</ref>
=== Professor ===
Dyson has taught at ], ], the ], ], ], and the ].<ref name="JBHE" /> From 2007 to 2020, he was a professor of sociology at ].<ref>, Department of Sociology, ]</ref> In 2021, Dyson moved to Vanderbilt University where he holds the Centennial Chair and serves as University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School.<ref name=vandy>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to Vanderbilt - Higher Education|date=September 29, 2020 |url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/191507/|access-date=2021-01-18|language=en}}</ref> Between 2016 and 2018, he was a visiting professor at ] in ].


=== ''The Michael Eric Dyson Show'' === === Author ===
His 1994 book ''Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X'' became a '']'' notable book of the year.<ref name="PW">Calvin Reid (February 21, 2000). , '']''.</ref> In his 2006 book ''Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster'', Dyson analyzes the political and social events in the wake of the catastrophe against the backdrop of an overall "failure in race and class relations".<ref name="SFChronicle1">Austin Considine (February 5, 2006). , '']''.</ref><ref name="Ebony1">Staff (April 2006). , '']''.</ref><ref name="PW2">Staff (January 16, 2006). , ''Publishers Weekly''.</ref> In 2010, Dyson edited '']'', with contributions based on the album's tracks by, among others, Kevin Coval, ] ("Professor G"), ], ], ], and ].<ref name="DysonDaulatzai2009Contents">{{cite book|first1=Michael Eric|last1=Dyson|first2=Sohail|last2=Daulatzai|title=Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZdcVWpYthMC&pg=PR5|access-date=August 21, 2011|date=December 28, 2009|publisher=Basic Civitas Books|isbn=978-0-465-00211-5|pages=v–vi}}</ref> Dyson's own essay in this anthology, "'One Love', Two Brothers, Three Verses", argues that the current US penal system disfavors young black males more than any other segment of the population.<ref name="DysonDaulatzai2009">{{cite book|author1=Dyson|author2=Daulatzai|title=Born To Use Mics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZdcVWpYthMC&pg=PA129|access-date=August 21, 2011|date=2009|page=131|publisher=Basic Books |isbn=9780465002115}}</ref><ref name="PostmodernCulture">Alessandro Porco (May 2009). , '']''&nbsp;– Volume 19, Number 3.</ref> His last three books appeared repeatedly on the '']'' Bestseller list.
''The Michael Eric Dyson Show'' debuted on April 6, 2009, and is broadcast from ]. The show's first guest was ], to whom Dyson dedicated his book ''Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson''.


== Bibliography == === Commentator ===
Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired on ], from January 2006 to February 2007. He is also a commentator on ], ] and ], and is a regular guest on '']''. Beginning July 2015 Michael Eric Dyson became a political analyst for MSNBC.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Samuels |first1=Allison |title=Michael Eric Dyson Hire by MSNBC Deepens Black Ire Over Al Sharpton Show |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-eric-dyson-hire-by-msnbc-deepens-black-ire-over-al-sharpton-show |access-date=28 September 2018 |agency=The Daily Beast |date=August 12, 2011}}</ref> In May 2018, he participated in the ] on ], arguing alongside ] against ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/Political-Correctness |title=Munk Debates – Political Correctness |access-date=May 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204045148/https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/Political-Correctness |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2018, he spoke at the funeral of ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |last2=Butler |first2=Bethonie |last3=Rao |first3=Sonia |title='She gave us pride and a regal bar to reach': Everything that happened at Aretha Franklin's 8-hour funeral |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/08/31/aretha-franklins-funeral-is-taking-place-in-detroit-watch-here/?noredirect=on |access-date=28 September 2018 |agency=Washington Post |date=August 31, 2018}}</ref>
*''Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism'', Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993. | ISBN 0-816-62143-8
*''Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of ]'', New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. | ISBN 0-19-510285-1
*''Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line'', Reading, Massachusetts: Addison Wesley, 1996. | ISBN 0-201-91186-8
*''Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture'', Oxford University Press, USA , 1997. | ISBN 0-195-11569-4
*''I May Not Get There with You: The True ]'', New York: Free Press, 2000. | ISBN 0-684-86776-1
*''Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for ]'', New York: ], 2002 | ISBN 0-465-01756-8
*''Open Mike: Reflections on ], ], ], ] and ]'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2002. | ISBN 0-465-01765-7
*''Why I Love Black Women'', New York: Perseus Books Group, 2002. | ISBN 0-465-01763-0
*''The Michael Eric Dyson Reader'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2004. | ISBN 0-465-01771-1
*''Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2005. | ISBN 0-465-01770-3
*''Is ] Right?: Or Has the ] Lost Its Minds?'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2005. | ISBN 0-465-01719-3
*''Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins'', New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. | ISBN 0-19-516092-4
*''Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster'', New York: Perseus Books Group, 2006. | ISBN 0-465-01761-4
*''Debating Race'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2007. | ISBN 0-465-00206-4
*''Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop'', New York: Perseus Books Group, 2007. 407-410
*''April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2008. | ISBN 0-465-00212-9
*''Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2009. | ISBN 0-465-01883-1
*''Born to Use Mics: Reading ] ]'', New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2010. | ISBN 978-0-465-00211-5


''The Michael Eric Dyson Show'' radio program debuted on April 6, 2009, and was broadcast from ]. The show's first guest was ],<ref name="Maynard_Institute">Richard Prince (April 1, 2009). {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107052116/http://mije.org/richardprince/april-1-journal-isms |date=November 7, 2011}}, Maynard Institute. Richard Prince's Journal-isms™.</ref> to whom Dyson dedicated his book ''Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson''. The show appears to have been discontinued with its last episode being in December 2011.
== References ==
{{Reflist}}


Dyson served on the ] of the Common Ground Foundation, a project dedicated to empowering urban youth in the United States.<ref name="CGF">Staff (2007). {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101124333/http://www.commongroundfoundation.org/mdyson_bio.html|date=November 1, 2011}}, Common Ground Foundation, board members.</ref>
== External links ==

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== Beliefs ==
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Dyson's general philosophy is that American black people are continuing to suffer from generations of ongoing oppression. On ] with ], Dyson suggested that white Americans looking for ways to counter ] could make individual efforts to contribute time and money to support local black communities.<ref name="tCarlson">{{cite web|date=Feb 2, 2017|title=Dyson: Whites should open individual reparation accounts|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5308799067001/?#sp=show-clips}}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
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|''Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism''||1993||{{ISBN|9780816621439}}||]
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|''Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X''||1995||{{ISBN|9780195102857}}||]
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|''Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line''||1996||{{ISBN|9780201911862}}||]
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|''Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture''||1997||{{ISBN|9780195115697}}||]
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|''I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.''||2000||{{ISBN|9780684867762}}||]
|-
|''Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur''||2002||{{ISBN|9780465017560}}||]
|-
|''Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy''||2002||{{ISBN|9780465017652}}||]
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|''Why I Love Black Women''||2002||{{ISBN|9780465017638}}||]
|-
|''The Michael Eric Dyson Reader''||2004||{{ISBN|9780465017713}}||]
|-
|''Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye''||2005||{{ISBN|9780465017706}}||]
|-
|''Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?''||2005||{{ISBN|9780465017195}}||]
|-
|''Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins''||2006||{{ISBN|9780195160925}}||]
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|''Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster''||2006||{{ISBN|9780465017614}}||]
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|''Debating Race''||2007||{{ISBN|9780465002061}}||]
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|''Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop''||2007||{{ISBN|9780465017164}}||]
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|''April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America''||2008||{{ISBN|9780465012862}}||]
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|''Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson''||2009||{{ISBN|9780465018833}}||]
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|''The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America''||2016||{{ISBN|9780544387669}}||]
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|'']''||2017||{{ISBN|9781250135995}}||]
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|'']''||2017||{{ISBN|9781250135995}}||]
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|''JAY-Z: Made in America''||2019||{{ISBN|9781250230966}}||]
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|''Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America''||2020||{{ISBN|9781250276759}}||]
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|''Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America''||2021||{{ISBN|9781250135971}}||]
|}
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* '']'' (], 2010) {{ISBN|9780465002115}}

== Awards and nominations ==
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| 2007 || colspan=2|] || ''Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster'' || {{won}} || <ref name="ABA">{{cite web|author=American Booksellers Association|year=2013|title=The American Book Awards&nbsp;/&nbsp;Before Columbus Foundation |url=http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313174235/http://bookweb.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html|archive-date=March 13, 2013|access-date=September 25, 2013|work=BookWeb|quote='''''2007''''' '''''Michael Eric Dyson''', Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster'' (Basic Books)}}</ref>
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| 2004 || rowspan=5|] || ] || ''Why I Love Black Women'' || {{won}} || <ref name="NAACP 2004">{{cite news |title='Temptations' tempt NAACP |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/temptations-tempt-naacp-1117901308/ |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=Variety |date=March 7, 2004}}</ref>
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| 2006 || ] || ''Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?'' || {{won}} || <ref name="NAACP 2006">{{cite news |title=Image Awards honor Jamie Foxx, Bernie Mac |url=https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/entertainment/events/2006/02/27/ent-60008-shtml/14774939007/ |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=The Augusta Chronicle |date=February 27, 2006}}</ref>
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| 2007 || ] || ''Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster'' || {{nom}} || <ref name="NAACP 2007">{{cite web|author=Williams, Kam|year=2007|title=38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)|url=http://aalbc.com/reviews/38th_naacp_image_awards.htm|access-date=December 24, 2023|publisher=AALBC}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || ] || ''Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop'' || {{nom}} || <ref name="2008 NAACP a">{{cite news |title=The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2008/biz/awards/the-39th-naacp-image-award-nominations-1117978663/ |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=Variety |date=January 8, 2008}}</ref><ref name="2008 NAACP b">{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Libby |last2=Peters |first2=Derek |title='Debaters' dominates Image Awards |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/debaters-dominates-image-awards-1117980967/ |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=Variety |date=February 14, 2008}}</ref>
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| 2021 || ] || ''Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America'' || {{nom}} || <ref name="NAACP 2021">{{cite news |last1=Bosselman |first1=Haley |title=NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/2021-naacp-image-awards-winners-list-1234939378/ |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=Variety |date=March 27, 2021}}</ref>
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| 2018 || ] || Non-Fiction || '']'' || {{won}} || <ref name="Southern 2018">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 6, 2018 |title=Awards: SIBA's Southern Book; Branford Boase |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3285 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |website=]}}</ref>
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The ReverendMichael Eric Dyson
Born (1958-10-23) October 23, 1958 (age 66)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Spouses
  • Theresa Taylor ​ ​(m. 1977; div. 1979)​
  • Brenda Joyce ​ ​(m. 1982; div. 1992)​
  • Marcia Louise ​(m. 1992)​
Ecclesiastical career
Ordainedc. 1977
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisUses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1993)
InfluencesManning Marable
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
InstitutionsVanderbilt University
Websitemichaelericdyson.com Edit this at Wikidata

Michael Eric Dyson (born October 23, 1958) is an American academic, author, Baptist minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as race, religion and politics as well as biographies on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z.

Early life and education

Dyson was born on October 23, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Addie Mae Leonard, who was from Alabama. He was adopted by his stepfather, Everett Dyson. He attended Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on an academic scholarship but left and completed his education at Northwestern High School. He became an ordained Baptist minister at nineteen years of age. Having worked in factories in Detroit to support his family, he entered Knoxville College as a freshman at the age of twenty-one. Dyson received his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Carson–Newman College in 1985. He received a Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University in 1993 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled Uses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Career

Professor

Dyson has taught at Chicago Theological Seminary, Brown University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Columbia University, DePaul University, and the University of Pennsylvania. From 2007 to 2020, he was a professor of sociology at Georgetown University. In 2021, Dyson moved to Vanderbilt University where he holds the Centennial Chair and serves as University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School. Between 2016 and 2018, he was a visiting professor at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

Author

His 1994 book Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X became a New York Times notable book of the year. In his 2006 book Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster, Dyson analyzes the political and social events in the wake of the catastrophe against the backdrop of an overall "failure in race and class relations". In 2010, Dyson edited Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic, with contributions based on the album's tracks by, among others, Kevin Coval, Kyra D. Gaunt ("Professor G"), dream hampton, Marc Lamont Hill, Adam Mansbach, and Mark Anthony Neal. Dyson's own essay in this anthology, "'One Love', Two Brothers, Three Verses", argues that the current US penal system disfavors young black males more than any other segment of the population. His last three books appeared repeatedly on the New York Times Bestseller list.

Commentator

Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired on Radio One, from January 2006 to February 2007. He is also a commentator on National Public Radio, MSNBC and CNN, and is a regular guest on Real Time with Bill Maher. Beginning July 2015 Michael Eric Dyson became a political analyst for MSNBC. In May 2018, he participated in the Munk debate on political correctness, arguing alongside Michelle Goldberg against Stephen Fry and Jordan Peterson. In August 2018, he spoke at the funeral of Aretha Franklin.

The Michael Eric Dyson Show radio program debuted on April 6, 2009, and was broadcast from Morgan State University. The show's first guest was Oprah Winfrey, to whom Dyson dedicated his book Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson. The show appears to have been discontinued with its last episode being in December 2011.

Dyson served on the board of directors of the Common Ground Foundation, a project dedicated to empowering urban youth in the United States.

Beliefs

Dyson's general philosophy is that American black people are continuing to suffer from generations of ongoing oppression. On Fox News with Tucker Carlson, Dyson suggested that white Americans looking for ways to counter white privilege could make individual efforts to contribute time and money to support local black communities.

Bibliography

Title Year ISBN Publisher
Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism 1993 ISBN 9780816621439 University of Minnesota Press
Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X 1995 ISBN 9780195102857 Oxford University Press
Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line 1996 ISBN 9780201911862 Addison Wesley
Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture 1997 ISBN 9780195115697 Oxford University Press
I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. 2000 ISBN 9780684867762 Free Press
Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur 2002 ISBN 9780465017560 Basic Civitas Books
Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy 2002 ISBN 9780465017652 Basic Civitas Books
Why I Love Black Women 2002 ISBN 9780465017638 Perseus Book Group
The Michael Eric Dyson Reader 2004 ISBN 9780465017713 Basic Civitas Books
Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye 2005 ISBN 9780465017706 Basic Civitas Books
Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? 2005 ISBN 9780465017195 Basic Civitas Books
Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins 2006 ISBN 9780195160925 Oxford University Press
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster 2006 ISBN 9780465017614 Perseus Book Group
Debating Race 2007 ISBN 9780465002061 Basic Civitas Books
Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop 2007 ISBN 9780465017164 Basic Civitas Books
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America 2008 ISBN 9780465012862 Basic Civitas Books
Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson 2009 ISBN 9780465018833 Basic Civitas Books
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America 2016 ISBN 9780544387669 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America 2017 ISBN 9781250135995 St. Martin's Press
What Truth Sounds Like 2017 ISBN 9781250135995 St. Martin's Press
JAY-Z: Made in America 2019 ISBN 9781250230966 St. Martin's Press
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America 2020 ISBN 9781250276759 St. Martin's Press
Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America 2021 ISBN 9781250135971 St. Martin's Press

Editor

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2007 American Book Award Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster Won
2004 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Why I Love Black Women Won
2006 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Won
2007 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster Nominated
2008 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop Nominated
2021 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America Nominated
2018 Southern Book Prize Non-Fiction Tears We Cannot Stop Won

Interviews

References

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  2. "Manning Marable's New Malcolm X Biography Investigates Conflicted Reality of the Civil Rights Leader". Democracy Now!.
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  7. Dyson, Michael Eric (1993). Uses of heroes : celebration and criticism in the interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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