In the wake of yet another set of police killings of Black men, Michael Eric Dyson wrote a tell-it-straight, no-holds-barred piece for the NYT on Sunday, July 7: "Death in Black and White" (it was updated within a day to acknowledge the killing of po...

Tears We Cannot Stop

This program is read by the author, and includes an introduction written by Pharrell, and read by Nick Cannon.  "Dyson's incisive analysis of Jay-Z's brilliance not only offers a brief history of hip-hop's critical place in American culture, but also...

Jay-Z

This program is read by the author.  What Truth Sounds Like is a timely exploration of America's tortured racial politics that continues the conversation from Michael Eric Dyson's New York Times best seller Tears We Cannot Stop.  President Barack Oba...

What Truth Sounds Like

America's leading young black intellectual reveals the hidden rules of race that dominate politics, society, and cultural life. The author discusses the state of Black leadership; the Black Church and sex; Black youth, pop culture, and the politics o...

Race Rules

Esquire Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2020 Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2020 Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2020 This program is read by Michael Eric Dyson.  From the New York Times best-selling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, ...

Long Time Coming

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prophet for racial and economic justice in America, was fatally shot. Only hours earlier, he had ended his final public speech by promising that "we as a people will get to the Promised Land."   Now, at ...

April 4, 1968

A provocative, lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first Black president and first Black presidency, from "one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today" (Vanity Fair). 

The Black Presidency

Renowned, best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson makes his YA debut, with critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau, to deliver an urgent, enlightening account of racial inequality in America. The true story of racial inequality—and resistance to it—i...

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