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- Born: October 23, 1958
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
- Literary genre: Nonfiction
- Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University
- Ordained Baptist minister
- Testified before a Senate Committee on Violence, Hip-Hop and Kids
- Famous line: "Go ahead. Axe me a question."
- Coined the terms: "Afristocracy" and "Ghettocracy"
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Author, teacher and speaker Michael Eric Dyson published Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop in 2007. Dyson is currently writing and curating a collection of essays about rapper Nas' 1990s hip-hop album Illmatic.Pitchfork Media: Michael Eric Dyson to Edit Book on Nas' Illmatic
Career
Michael Eric Dyson began his career in academics. He has held several teaching positions in such prestigious universities as DePaul and Brown. He has been a commentator on race, the effect of hip-hop music on children, and inner race relations. In 2006 Dyson hosted his own talk radio show on the Radio One network. His radio show ended in February 2007 and Dyson returned to academia. He currently teaches at Georgetown University.-
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Michael Eric Dyson on Amazon
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Know What I Mean? - $19.95
America's foremost "hip-hop intellectual" and acclaimed biographer of Marvin Gaye and Tupac Shakur weighs in on the past, present, and future of hip-hop music. Whether alon...Amazon
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The Michael Eric Dyson Reader - $19.95
Acclaimed for his writing on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Tupac Shakur, and many more, Michael Eric Dyson has emerged as the leading African-American intellectual of his gen...Amazon
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Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson - $19.95
Over the last 20 years, Michael Eric Dyson has become one of America’s most visible—and quotable—public intellectuals. Whether in his sixteen books, or in countless newsp...Amazon
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The Michael Eric Dyson Reader - $19.95
Acclaimed for his writing on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Tupac Shakur, and many more, Michael Eric Dyson has emerged as the leading African-American intellectual of his gen...Amazon
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Debating Race - $26.00
Bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson collects his previously unpublished intellectual encounters--cordial and combative-- with some of today's most influential thinkers and pol...Amazon
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Michael Eric Dyson Questions
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Will Robin Swicord and Eric Roth win for Best Adapted Screenplay? 2 AnswersI think they stand a good chance to win. They both have a lot of talent and I think that is reflected in their work. I like film though and am far from unbiased... read more -
In Lost Season four, Michael can not die. Weapons malfunction around Michael and he recovers from any injury? 1 AnswerBecause the island isn't done with him. Remember when he tries to kill himself in the alley and suddenly Tom appears? Tom tells him to go ahead and try, but h... read more -
Are Michael Lombardi and Vince Lombardi related? 1 AnswerIf they are related it is not a direct relation as Vince's kids are named Vince Jr. and Susan.And Michael doesn't mention any relation his website read more
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Michael Eric Dyson Personal Timeline
- Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- October 23, 1958: Born
- 1999: Fists of Freedom: The Story of the ’68 Summer Games
- 2000: Dyson vs McClain, testified at Senate Committe on Violence, Hip-Hop & Kids
- 2000: When It Was a Game 3
- 2001: Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake
- 2002: Michael Eric Dyson Named to Faculty at Penn
- 2004: NAACP Image Award for Why I Love Black Women
- 2005: Black in the 80's
- 2005: Ego Trip’s Race-O-Rama
- 2005: The John H. Johnson Story
- 2006-07: Hosted radio show The Michael Eric Dyson Show
- 2006: NAACP Image Award for Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
- 2006: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes
- 2006: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- 2006: Waist Deep
- 2007: Michael Eric Dyson Joins Staff at Georgetown University
- 2007: Testifies before the Congressional Hearins on Hip Hop
- 2008: New Orleans Story
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Michael Eric Dyson Publications Timeline
- 1993: Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism
- 1995: Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X
- 1996: Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture
- 1997: Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line
- 2001: I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr
- 2001: Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur
- 2002: Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy, Race, Sex, Culture and Religion
- 2004: Why I Love Black Women
- 2004: The Michael Eric Dyson Reader
- 2004: Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
- 2005: Mercy, Mercy Me: the Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye
- 2006: Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins
- 2006: Come Hell Or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
- 2006: Soberbia
- 2007: Debating Race with Michael Eric Dyson
- 2007: Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop
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when I say the bottom, I mean of Black Science. That nigga Tiger is somewhere reading a Michael Eric Dyson book looking confused as hell.
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#randomFACT i love Michael Eric Dyson!! He so educated and articulate!! And he from Detroit! (lol) ...I wish I could go to 1 of his seminars
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