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Michael Eric Dyson(born October 23, 1958) is an Americanacademic,author,Baptist minister,and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School atVanderbilt University.[3]Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "aPrincetonPh.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 asrace,religionand politics as well as biographies onMalcolm X,Martin Luther King Jr.,Marvin Gaye,Barack Obama,Bill Cosby,Tupac ShakurandJay-Z.

The Reverend
Michael Eric Dyson
Born(1958-10-23)October 23, 1958(age 66)
Detroit,Michigan,U.S.
Spouses
  • Theresa Taylor
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    (m.1977;div.1979)​
    [1]
  • Brenda Joyce
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    (m.1982;div.1992)​
  • Marcia Louise
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    (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[2]
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
InstitutionsVanderbilt University
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Early life and education

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Dyson was born on October 23, 1958, inDetroit,Michigan,the son of Addie Mae Leonard, who was from Alabama. He was adopted by his stepfather, Everett Dyson.[citation needed]He attendedCranbrook SchoolinBloomfield Hills,Michigan, on an academic scholarship but left and completed his education atNorthwestern High School.[4]He became anordainedBaptist ministerat nineteen years of age.[5]Having worked in factories in Detroit to support his family, he enteredKnoxville Collegeas a freshman at the age of twenty-one.[6]Dyson received hisbachelor's degree,magna cum laude,fromCarson–Newman Collegein 1985.[4]He received a Ph.D. in religion fromPrinceton Universityin 1993 after completing a doctoral dissertation titledUses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.[7]

Career

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Professor

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Dyson has taught atChicago Theological Seminary,Brown University,theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Columbia University,DePaul University,and theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[4]From 2007 to 2020, he was a professor of sociology atGeorgetown 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 atMiddlebury CollegeinMiddlebury, Vermont.

Author

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His 1994 bookMaking Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm Xbecame aNew York Timesnotable book of the year.[9]In his 2006 bookCome 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".[10][11][12]In 2010, Dyson editedBorn 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,andMark Anthony Neal.[13]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.[14][15]His last three books appeared repeatedly on theNew York TimesBestseller list.

Commentator

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Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired onRadio One,from January 2006 to February 2007. He is also a commentator onNational Public Radio,MSNBCandCNN,and is a regular guest onReal Time with Bill Maher.Beginning July 2015 Michael Eric Dyson became a political analyst for MSNBC.[16]In May 2018, he participated in theMunk debateonpolitical correctness,arguing alongsideMichelle GoldbergagainstStephen FryandJordan Peterson.[17]In August 2018, he spoke at the funeral ofAretha Franklin.[18]

The Michael Eric Dyson Showradio program debuted on April 6, 2009, and was broadcast fromMorgan State University.The show's first guest wasOprah Winfrey,[19]to whom Dyson dedicated his bookCan 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 theboard of directorsof the Common Ground Foundation, a project dedicated to empowering urban youth in the United States.[20]

Beliefs

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Dyson's general philosophy is that American black people are continuing to suffer from generations of ongoing oppression. OnFox NewswithTucker Carlson,Dyson suggested that white Americans looking for ways to counterwhite privilegecould make individual efforts to contribute time and money to support local black communities.[21]

Bibliography

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Title Year ISBN Publisher
Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism 1993 ISBN9780816621439 University of Minnesota Press
Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X 1995 ISBN9780195102857 Oxford University Press
Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line 1996 ISBN9780201911862 Addison Wesley
Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture 1997 ISBN9780195115697 Oxford University Press
I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. 2000 ISBN9780684867762 Free Press
Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur 2002 ISBN9780465017560 Basic Civitas Books
Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy 2002 ISBN9780465017652 Basic Civitas Books
Why I Love Black Women 2002 ISBN9780465017638 Perseus Book Group
The Michael Eric Dyson Reader 2004 ISBN9780465017713 Basic Civitas Books
Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye 2005 ISBN9780465017706 Basic Civitas Books
Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? 2005 ISBN9780465017195 Basic Civitas Books
Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins 2006 ISBN9780195160925 Oxford University Press
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster 2006 ISBN9780465017614 Perseus Book Group
Debating Race 2007 ISBN9780465002061 Basic Civitas Books
Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop 2007 ISBN9780465017164 Basic Civitas Books
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America 2008 ISBN9780465012862 Basic Civitas Books
Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson 2009 ISBN9780465018833 Basic Civitas Books
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America 2016 ISBN9780544387669 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America 2017 ISBN9781250135995 St. Martin's Press
What Truth Sounds Like 2017 ISBN9781250135995 St. Martin's Press
JAY-Z: Made in America 2019 ISBN9781250230966 St. Martin's Press
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America 2020 ISBN9781250276759 St. Martin's Press
Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America 2021 ISBN9781250135971 St. Martin's Press

Editor

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2007 American Book Award Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster Won [22]
2004 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Why I Love Black Women Won [23]
2006 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Won [24]
2007 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster Nominated [25]
2008 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop Nominated [26][27]
2021 Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America Nominated [28]
2018 Southern Book Prize Non-Fiction Tears We Cannot Stop Won [29]

Interviews

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References

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  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. ^ab"Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to Vanderbilt - Higher Education".September 29, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 18,2021.
  4. ^abcdMichael 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."ArchivedJune 5, 2011, at theWayback 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. ^Dyson, Michael Eric; Daulatzai, Sohail (December 28, 2009).Born To Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic.Basic Civitas Books. pp. v–vi.ISBN978-0-465-00211-5.RetrievedAugust 21,2011.
  14. ^Dyson; Daulatzai (2009).Born To Use Mics.Basic Books. p. 131.ISBN9780465002115.RetrievedAugust 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.RetrievedSeptember 28,2018.
  17. ^"Munk Debates – Political Correctness".Archived fromthe originalon December 4, 2018.RetrievedMay 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.RetrievedSeptember 28,2018.
  19. ^Richard Prince (April 1, 2009)."Oprah to Inaugurate Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show"ArchivedNovember 7, 2011, at theWayback Machine,Maynard Institute. Richard Prince's Journal-isms™.
  20. ^Staff (2007)."Biography: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson"ArchivedNovember 1, 2011, at theWayback Machine,Common Ground Foundation, board members.
  21. ^"Dyson: Whites should open individual reparation accounts".February 2, 2017.
  22. ^American Booksellers Association (2013)."The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation [1980–2012]".BookWeb.Archived fromthe originalon March 13, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 25,2013.2007[...]Michael Eric Dyson,Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster(Basic Books)
  23. ^"'Temptations' tempt NAACP ".Variety.March 7, 2004.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
  24. ^"Image Awards honor Jamie Foxx, Bernie Mac".The Augusta Chronicle.February 27, 2006.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
  25. ^Williams, Kam (2007)."38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)".AALBC.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
  26. ^"The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations".Variety.January 8, 2008.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
  27. ^McCarthy, Libby; Peters, Derek (February 14, 2008)."'Debaters' dominates Image Awards ".Variety.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
  28. ^Bosselman, Haley (March 27, 2021)."NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List".Variety.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
  29. ^"Awards: SIBA's Southern Book; Branford Boase".Shelf Awareness.July 6, 2018.RetrievedDecember 24,2023.
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