About Michael
Michael Eric Dyson is a Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University with appointments in the College of Arts & Science and The Divinity School. He has taught at Princeton, Brown, Georgetown, UNC-Chapel Hill, Columbia, DePaul and University of Pennsylvania. He has authored over 25 books, including seven New York Times bestsellers on figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, 2Pac, Marvin Gaye, Bill Cosby, Barack Obama, and Jay-Z. He has won the 2020 Langston Hughes Medal, American Book Award, Southern Book Award, and two NAACP Image Awards.
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- Author of books on Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, 2Pac, Marvin Gaye, Bill Cosby, Barack Obama and Jay-Z
- New York Times bestselling author with seven bestsellers
- Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University
- Media commentator and analyst on race, politics and culture
- Preacher and pastor ordained for 40 years
- Commentary on racial justice and social inequality
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- Media commentator
- Preacher
- Public intellectual
- Political analyst
- African American Studies
- Race and Social Justice
- Politics and Culture
- Religion and Ethics
- Race in America
- Civil rights
- Hip-hop culture
- Black culture and politics
- Social justice
- Racial inequality
- African American history
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