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Michael Eric Dyson

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MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

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Michael Eric Dyson Biography

Michael Eric Dyson is one of the nation’s most renowned professors, gifted writers, inspiring preachers, knowledgeable lecturers, and prominent media personalities. As a teacher who earned a PhD in Religion from Princeton University, Dyson has taught at some of the nation’s most distinguished universities, including Brown, UNC Chapel Hill, Columbia, DePaul, the University of Pennsylvania, and Georgetown University. He is presently Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts & Science, and Distinguished University Professor of Ethics and Society, The Divinity School, and Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University. Dyson is one of America’s premier public intellectuals and author of over 20 books, including seven New York Times bestsellers, and is a political analyst for MSNBC. He has won two NAACP Image Awards and an American Book Award, and last year was awarded the Langston Hughes Medal.

Dyson has written bestselling volumes on Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, 2Pac, Marvin Gaye, Bill Cosby, and Barack Obama. Dyson’s New York Times bestselling "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America," was called by the New York Times, ”one of the most frank and searing discussions on race…a deeply serious, urgent book, which should take its place in the tradition of Baldwin’s 'The Fire Next Time' and King’s 'Why We Can’t Wait'.” The book won the 2018 Southern Book Prize. In December 2020, Dyson published the instant national bestseller "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America," which Robin DiAngelo calls a “searing cry for racial justice from one of our nation’s greatest thinkers and most compelling prophets.” Kirkus Review says it is a “sweeping overview of racism in America” and a “timely, fervent message from an important voice,” while NPR says that “the writing is smart and the research that informs it is great, but what makes this an important book is Dyson’s voice, which is strong but always pregnant with frustration, pain, admiration and, ultimately, hope.” Dyson’s latest book is “Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America.”

As a preacher and sometime pastor for more than 40 years, Dyson has mounted many of the nation’s most noted pulpits to deliver sermons, including, most recently, the Washington National Cathedral where Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his last Sunday sermon. Dyson has lectured across the country, and around the world, in many of the best colleges and universities, and in public theaters and auditoriums, and for many corporations and unions. He has also served for the last 30 years as a media commentator – and occasionally host – on every major radio and television show. Dyson has even found time to make guest appearances on scripted cable and network television programs such as Soul Food, The Game and Black-ish. While feminist author Naomi Wolf calls Dyson “the ideal public intellectual of our times,” writer Nathan McCall captures it best when he says that Dyson “is a street fighter in suit and tie.”

Michael Eric Dyson Speaking Topics

  • Race, Racism & Race Relations in America

  • Martin Luther King Jr & (African) American Leadership in the 21st Century

  • Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina & the Color of Disaster

  • Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?

  • Dr. King for the 21st Century

  • African American Influence on Pop Culture

Michael Eric Dyson Videos

  • Alicia Garza, Michael Eric Dyson, and Eugene Scott - Aspen Ideas Festival
    Following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, citizens around the globe are protesting against racial suppression and...
  • Stephen A. & Dr. Michael Eric Dyson discuss Americans protesting ...
    Stephen A. Smith, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Max Kellerman discuss Americans protesting for change in the wake of George Floyd's death.
  • Michael Eric Dyson: Made In America | Real Time with Bill Maher ...
    Subscribe to the Real Time YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r5A1B Georgetown professor and author Michael Eric Dyson joins Bill to discuss the ...

Michael Eric Dyson Books

  • Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America
    Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America
  • What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
    What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
  • Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
    Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
  • The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
    The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

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Michael Eric Dyson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Race, Racism & Race Relations in America, Martin Luther King Jr & (African) American Leadership in the 21st Century, Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina & the Color of Disaster, Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, Dr. King for the 21st Century and African American Influence on Pop Culture. The estimated speaking fee range to book Michael Eric Dyson for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Michael Eric Dyson generally travels from Nashville, TN, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Nikki Giovanni, Bakari Sellers, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Ijeoma Oluo and Tamika D. Mallory. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Michael Eric Dyson for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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