Michael Eric Dyson

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The Reverend
Michael Eric Dyson
Born (1958-10-23) October 23, 1958 (age 65)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Spouses
  • Theresa Taylor
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    ​
    (m. 1977; div. 1979)​
    [1]
  • Brenda Joyce
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1982; div. 1992)​
  • Marcia Louise
    ​
    (m. 1992)​
Ecclesiastical career
Ordainedc. 1977
Academic background
Carson–Newman College
  • Princeton University
    • ThesisUses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1993)
    InfluencesManning Marable[2]
    Academic work
    DisciplineSociology
    InstitutionsVanderbilt University
    Websitemichaelericdyson.com Edit this at Wikidata

    Michael Eric Dyson (born October 23, 1958) is an American

    Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two",[4] Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Nas's debut album Illmatic, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Hurricane Katrina
    .

    Early life and education

    Dyson was born on October 23, 1958, in

    Carson–Newman College in 1985.[4] 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.[7]

    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.[4] From 2007 to 2020, he was a professor of sociology at Georgetown University.[8] 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.[3] 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
    Bestseller list.

    Commentator

    Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired on

    Munk debate on political correctness, arguing alongside Michelle Goldberg against Stephen Fry and Jordan Peterson.[17] In August 2018, he spoke at the funeral of Aretha Franklin.[18]

    Dyson served on the board of directors of the Common Ground Foundation, a project dedicated to empowering urban youth in the United States.[19] Dyson and his third wife, Marcia L. Dyson,[4] were regular guests and speakers at the Aspen Institute Conferences and Ideas Festival.[citation needed] Dyson most recently hosted a television show, The Raw Word.

    The Michael Eric Dyson Show (2009-2011)

    The Michael Eric Dyson Show radio program debuted on April 6, 2009, and is broadcast from Morgan State University. The show's first guest was Oprah Winfrey,[20] 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.

    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.[21]

    Personal life

    Dyson has a son, Michael Eric Dyson II, born on May 22, 1978, in Detroit with his first wife, Theresa Taylor. Also, Mwata and Maisha Dyson and three grandchildren.[citation needed]

    Bibliography

    Title Year ISBN Publisher Subject matter Interviews, presentations, and reviews Comments
    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 Malcolm X
    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 Martin Luther King Jr. Presentation by Dyson on I May Not Get There With You, January 10, 2000, C-SPAN
    Washington Journal interview with Dyson on I May Not Get There With You, April 10, 2000, C-SPAN
    Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur 2002
    ISBN 9780465017560
    Basic Civitas Books
    		 Tupac Shakur Booknotes interview with Dyson on Holler If You Hear Me, November 4, 2001, C-SPAN
    Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy 2002
    ISBN 9780465017652
    Basic Civitas Books
    Why I Love Black Women 2002
    ISBN 9780465017638
    Perseus Book Group
    		 Winner of the 2004 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction[22]
    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
    		 Marvin Gaye
    Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? 2005
    ISBN 9780465017195
    Basic Civitas Books
    		 Bill Cosby, Pound Cake speech After Words interview with Dyson on Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, May 15, 2005, C-SPAN
    Book group discussion on Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, February 28, 2006, C-SPAN    		 Winner of the 2006 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction[23]
    Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins 2006
    ISBN 9780195160925
    		 Oxford University Press Pride
    Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster 2006
    ISBN 9780465017614
    Perseus Book Group
    		 Hurricane Katrina, Social effects of Hurricane Katrina, Criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina Presentation by Dyson on Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina, February 24, 2006, C-SPAN Recipient of the 2007
    American Book Award[24]
    Nominee for the 2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction[25]
    Debating Race 2007
    ISBN 9780465002061
    Basic Civitas Books
    Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop 2007
    ISBN 9780465017164
    Basic Civitas Books
    		 Hip hop (culture), Hip hop music Presentation by Dyson on Know What I Mean?, July 18, 2007, C-SPAN Nominee for the 2008 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction[26][27]
    April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America 2008
    ISBN 9780465012862
    Basic Civitas Books
    		 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
    Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson 2009
    ISBN 9780465018833
    Basic Civitas Books
    Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic
    		 2010
    ISBN 9780465002115
    Basic Civitas Books
    		 Nas, Illmatic Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai were the editors of this book.
    The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America 2016
    ISBN 9780544387669
    		 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Barack Obama, Presidency of Barack Obama After Words interview with Dyson on The Black Presidency, March 11, 2016, C-SPAN
    Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
    		 2017
    ISBN 9781250135995
    		 St. Martin's Press Race and ethnicity in the United States, White Americans, African Americans Presentation by Dyson on Tears We Cannot Stop, January 18, 2017, C-SPAN
    Interview with Dyson on Tears We Cannot Stop, April 22, 2017, C-SPAN
    Presentation by Dyson on Tears We Cannot Stop, June 10, 2017, C-SPAN
    Presentation by Dyson on Tears We Cannot Stop, September 22, 2017, C-SPAN
    Washington Journal interview with Dyson on Tears We Cannot Stop, December 24, 2017, C-SPAN    		 Winner of the 2018 Southern Book Prize for Non-Fiction[28]
    What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
    		 2017
    ISBN 9781250135995
    		 St. Martin's Press Baldwin–Kennedy meeting Presentation by Dyson on What Truth Sounds Like, June 6, 2018, C-SPAN
    Washington Journal interview with Dyson on What Truth Sounds Like, June 24, 2018, C-SPAN
    JAY-Z: Made in America 2019
    ISBN 9781250230966
    		 St. Martin's Press Jay-Z
    Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America 2020
    ISBN 9781250276759
    		 St. Martin's Press Presentation by Dyson on Long Time Coming, December 8, 2020, C-SPAN Nominee for the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction[29]
    Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America 2021
    ISBN 9781250135971
    		 St. Martin's Press Presentation by Dyson on Entertaining Race, November 12, 2021, C-SPAN

    References

    1. ^ Armstrong, Elizabeth (March 15, 2001). "The Pure Heart of Gangsta Rap". Chicago Reader.
    2. ^ "Manning Marable's New Malcolm X Biography Investigates Conflicted Reality of the Civil Rights Leader". Democracy Now!.
    3. ^ a b "Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to Vanderbilt - Higher Education". September 29, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
    4. ^ a b c d e Michael A. Fletcher (Spring 2000). "Michael Eric Dyson: A Scholar and a Hip-Hop Preacher.", The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
    5. ^ Marie Arana (August 24, 2003). "Michael Eric Dyson. Telling It Any Way He Can.", The Washington Post.
    6. ^ Michael Eric Dyson (April 2, 2011). "Manning Marable: A Brother, a Mentor, a Great Mind." Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Root.
    7. ^ Dyson, Michael Eric (1993). Uses of heroes : celebration and criticism in the interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
    8. ^ Michael E Dyson, Department of Sociology, Georgetown University
    9. ^ Calvin Reid (February 21, 2000). "Interview. Michael Eric Dyson: Of Her s and Hip-hop. The real challenge of King's heroism is to make it a useful heroism", Publishers Weekly.
    10. ^ Austin Considine (February 5, 2006). "Disparities revealed in Katrina's wake / Race, class central to analysis of how nation failed victims", San Francisco Chronicle.
    11. ^ Staff (April 2006). "The center of the storm", Ebony.
    12. ^ Staff (January 16, 2006). "Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster", Publishers Weekly.
    13. ISBN 978-0-465-00211-5
      . Retrieved August 21, 2011.
    14. ISBN 9780465002115
      . Retrieved August 21, 2011.
    15. ^ Alessandro Porco (May 2009). "'Time is Illmatic': A Critical Retrospective on Nas's Groundbreaking Debut", Postmodern Culture – Volume 19, Number 3.
    16. ^ Samuels, Allison (August 12, 2011). "Michael Eric Dyson Hire by MSNBC Deepens Black Ire Over Al Sharpton Show". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
    17. ^ "Munk Debates – Political Correctness". Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
    18. ^ Izadi, Elahe; Butler, Bethonie; Rao, Sonia (August 31, 2018). "'She gave us pride and a regal bar to reach': Everything that happened at Aretha Franklin's 8-hour funeral". Washington Post. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
    19. ^ Staff (2007). "Biography: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson" Archived November 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Common Ground Foundation, board members.
    20. ^ Richard Prince (April 1, 2009). "Oprah to Inaugurate Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show" Archived November 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Maynard Institute. Richard Prince's Journal-isms™.
    21. ^ "Dyson: Whites should open individual reparation accounts". February 2, 2017.
    22. ^ "'Temptations' tempt NAACP". Variety. March 7, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
    23. ^ "Image Awards honor Jamie Foxx, Bernie Mac". The Augusta Chronicle. February 27, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
    24. ^ American Booksellers Association (2013). "The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation [1980–2012]". BookWeb. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013. 2007 [...] Michael Eric Dyson, Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster (Basic Books)
    25. ^ Williams, Kam (2007). "38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)". AALBC. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
    26. ^ "The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations". Variety. January 8, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
    27. ^ McCarthy, Libby; Peters, Derek (February 14, 2008). "'Debaters' dominates Image Awards". Variety. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
    28. ^ "Awards: SIBA's Southern Book; Branford Boase". Shelf Awareness. July 6, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
    29. ^ Bosselman, Haley (March 27, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

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