Michael Eric Dyson
Professor, Georgetown University; Author
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.
I think we have a distorted vision of Dr. King because need him to be useful to us in ways that ameliorate our situation but also mollify our consciences.
Michael Eric Dyson on Rap and Hip-Hop.
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Michael Eric Dyson on what a black president could do to alleviate black misery.
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Dyson on class responsibilities.
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Why bailing out lenders was wrong.
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Michael Eric Dyson on the challenges faced by today’s black community .
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Michael Eric Dyson explains the concept of “automortality” and how it applies to Dr. King.
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Dyson explains the black church’s prophetic tradition, and its role in the Rev. Wright controversy
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Michael Eric Dyson on Dr. King, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama
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Michael Eric Dyson: Dr. King’s Last Speech
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Correcting the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Michael Eric Dyson discusses public perception of Dr. King from the 1960s to now.
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