Biography
Michael Eric Dyson is an American academic, author, Baptist minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as race, religion and politics, as well as biographies on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z.
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Awards & recognition
- American Book Awards · 2007
Filmography14 titles
Light & Magic
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
The Leftovers
Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Real Time with Bill Maher
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
The President Show
The View
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song