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Michael Eric Dyson Follow

Professor, Georgetown University; Author

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    Michael Eric Dyson on Rap and Hip-Hop

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson on Rap and Hip-Hop. Read More

    June 13, 2008   |  In Arts & Culture

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    Michael Eric Dyson on Rev. Wright

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson on Rev. Wright Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Identity

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    Black Misery and a Black President

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson on what a black president could do to alleviate black misery. Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Identity

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    Michael Eric Dyson: Responsibility in the Black Community

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Dyson on class responsibilities. Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Identity

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    Michael Eric Dyson: Class and the Mortgage Crisis

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Why bailing out lenders was wrong. Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Business & Economics

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    Michael Eric Dyson: The Black Community Today

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson on the challenges faced by today's black community . Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Identity

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    Michael Eric Dyson on Automortality

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson explains the concept of "automortality" and how it applies to Dr. King. Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In History

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    Obama and Dr. King

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Dyson explains the black church's prophetic tradition, and its role in the Rev. Wright controversy Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Michael Eric Dyson on Dr. King, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson on Dr. King, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Michael Eric Dyson: Dr. King's Last Speech

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson: Dr. King's Last Speech Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In History

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    Michael Eric Dyson: An Accurate American History

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Correcting the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In History

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    Michael Eric Dyson: Dr. King Then and Now

    Michael Eric Dyson

    Michael Eric Dyson discusses public perception of Dr. King from the 1960s to now. Read More

    June 10, 2008   |  In History

User_rkmh_faaa709f2 Michael Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, is the author of sixteen books, including Holler if You Hear Me, Is Bill Cosby Right? and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He is currently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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