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Michael Eric Dyson

マイケル・エリック・ダイソン

Michael Eric Dyson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-10-23 （Detroit, Michigan, United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Baptist

Career

Occupations
academic, author, Baptist minister, radio host, commentator
Active Years
1977-
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University, Georgetown University, Columbia University, Brown University
Influenced By
Manning Marable

Education

Cranbrook Schools
Period: 1970s
Country: United States
Attended on academic scholarship but left; completed secondary education at Northwestern High School
Knoxville College
Period: 入学：20歳頃
Country: United States
Attended as a freshman before transferring to Carson–Newman College
Carson–Newman College
Degree: 学士
Period: 1980年代初期–1985年
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: United States
Graduated magna cum laude
Princeton University
Religion
Degree: Ph.D.
Period: 1990年代初期
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: United States
Doctoral dissertation: Uses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Awards

American Book Award
2007
Work: Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
Organization: American Booksellers Association / Before Columbus Foundation
Result: 受賞
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
2004
Work: Why I Love Black Women
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: NAACP
Result: 受賞
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
2006
Work: Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: NAACP
Result: 受賞
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
2007
Work: Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: NAACP
Result: ノミネート
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
2008
Work: Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: NAACP
Result: ノミネート
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
2021
Work: Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: NAACP
Result: ノミネート
Southern Book Prize
2018
Work: Tears We Cannot Stop
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism

1993 Cultural criticism / Academic

A collection of critical essays on African-American culture.

racecultural criticismidentity

Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X

1995 Biographical study / Cultural history

Analyzes the construction and meaning of the figure of Malcolm X.

leadershipblack liberationhistorical interpretation

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

2006 Non-fiction / Social criticism

Analyzes political and social events after Hurricane Katrina through lenses of race and class.

disaster and raceclasspolicy critique

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

2017 Essay / Social commentary

A sermon-like address to White America confronting issues of race.

race relationsreconciliation and dialogueethics

JAY-Z: Made in America

2019 Biography / Music criticism

Biographical examination of JAY‑Z and American culture through his life and music.

music and culturesuccess and identity

Bibliography

  • Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism
  • Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X
  • Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line
  • Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture
  • I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur
  • Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy
  • Why I Love Black Women
  • The Michael Eric Dyson Reader
  • Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye
  • Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
  • Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
  • Debating Race
  • Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop
  • April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America
  • Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson
  • The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
  • Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
  • What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
  • JAY-Z: Made in America
  • Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
  • Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America
  • Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly yet accessible essays and criticismsermon-like, dialectical rhetoric
Recurring Motifs
analysis of race and powerreligious metaphor and sermonic forminteraction of music and culture

Legacy

An influential scholar and public intellectual on African-American culture, politics, and religion. Through numerous books and frequent media appearances he has shaped contemporary debates on race in the United States.

In Popular Culture

  • Frequent appearances on television and radio commentary programs, leading to broad public recognition

Trivia

  • Ordained as a Baptist minister at age 19.
  • Worked in factories in Detroit to support his family while young.
  • Hosted The Michael Eric Dyson Show (2009–2011).
  • Spoke at Aretha Franklin's funeral in 2018.