Michael Eric Dyson Books
Between God and Gangsta' Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture
A former welfare father from the ghetto of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson is today a critic, scholar, and ordained Baptist minister who has forged a unique role: he is a compelling spokesman for the c...
Read MorePride: The Seven Deadly Sins
"Michael Eric Dyson here looks at the many dimensions of pride. Ranging from Augustine and Aquinas, MacIntyre and Hauerwas, to Niebuhr and King, Dyson offers a multifaceted look at this "virtuous v...
Read MoreRace Rules: Navigating The Color Line
Dyson reveals the pernicious influence of racial thinking across the broad canvas of American social and cultural life, from the disjunction between how whites and blacks view the world, to the way...
Read MoreA Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer
By Michael Eric Dyson, Erin Cressida Wilson, Suheir Hammad, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Edward Albee, Howard Zinn, Abiola Abrams
Selections from the “Until the Violence Stops” FestivalFeaturing writings by Abiola Abrams • Edward Albee • Tariq Ali • Maya Angelou • Periel Aschenbrand • Patricia Bosworth • Nicole Burdette • Kat...
Read MoreApril 4 1968
A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America.
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