Michael Eric Dyson

Slowing Down the Death March of Commercialized Hip Hop

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 05.07.2012

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Dr. Boyce Watkins

While I stand as a man who is truly a fan of hip-hop, I personally argue that we should place boundaries on the messages that we allow artists (and networks) to give to our children.

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Politics as Usual: Decoding the Attacks on a Liberal Education

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 02.26.2012

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Mark Anthony Neal

Few university courses generate much attention from mainstream media, but Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson's course "The Sociology of Hip-Hop: Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z" has drawn national attention.

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Jay-Z In The Ivory Tower?

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — Michael Eric Dyson parses Jay-Z's lyrics as if analyzing fine literature. The rapper's riffs on luxury cars and tailored clothes an...

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Left of Black with Guest Michael Eric Dyson

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Cornel West, Race, Kanye West, Mark Anthony Neal, President Barack Obama, Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University, Black Public Intellectuals, Watch the Throne, Jay Z, Left of Black, Black Voices News
Mark Anthony Neal

Left of Black S:2 E:1 w/ Michael Eric Dyson September 12, 2011 Host Mark Anthony Neal, is joined by Georgetown professor and public intellectual Mi...

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Janell Ross

Congressional Black Caucus Members Call for Action on Joblessness

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Rev. Jessee Jackson, Austan Goolsbee, Congressional Black Caucus, Michael Eric Dyson, Barack Obama, Black Unemployment, Bv-Money, Politics News

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday publicly accused the Obama administration of failing to adequately address a veritable epidemic ...

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Washington Insiders Break the Silence on Violence Against Women in V-Day DC A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer 2011

Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Organization for Women, Sexual Violence, V-Day, George Washington University, Violence Against Women, Michael Eric Dyson, The Vagina Monologues, V Day, Eve Ensler, Washington DC, Performance Art, Performance, Human Trafficking, Arts News
Diana Mao

V-Day is a global, activist movement to stop violence against women and girls and the catalyst behind creative events that revitalize the spirit of anti-violence against women organizations.

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The Black Catfight Over Obama's Blackness

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Al Sharpton, Cornel West, Congressional Black Caucus, Michael Eric Dyson, Barack Obama, Politics News
Derrick K. Baker

The fact that African Americans are arguing over what their brother atop the political food chain should be doing to help his community means that we're paying attention and we care.

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Tavis Smiley on His "We Count!" Conference and Why America Needs the Black Agenda

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

A conversation needs to be had about whether it's a good strategy for us to ever tell any President that he or she doesn't need to address a black agenda.

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Black Union Conference 2010: Tavis Smiley Brings Back Meeting To Push Black Agenda

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a "...

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Thats What's Wrong with Black People

Elon James White | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elon James White

These members of the Black intelligentsia see it as their job to step up and police President Obama on his dealings on Blackness.

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Civil Rights: Is Gay the New Black?

Blaise Zerega | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blaise Zerega

Leave it to Michael Eric Dyson to connect the dots between Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Ghandi, James Baldwin and Martin Luther King.

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Taking a STAND: Aretha vs. Beyonce

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Stand, Beyonce, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Entertainment News
Tavis Smiley

Check out this clip from my new film, Stand, in which my boys Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson debate who is a better singer, Aretha or Beyoncé.

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Taking a "Stand" on the Black Male Experience

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tavis Smiley

My new film STAND reflects on Black men who "stood" for something in the past and what it means as Black men continue to "stand" for something now.

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Tavis Smiley's Big Day

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Ocamb

Gay and bisexual black men in California have household incomes that are 44 percent lower than their heterosexual counterparts.

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The Obama Imprint

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

What Obama has done is so extraordinary that it calls into question the entire project of black advocates and intellectuals preoccupied by the question of racism.

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Finally! MSNBC's Three-Hour Conversation About Race in America

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a different sort of doc block last night on MSNBC: First, there was the documentary "Meeting David Wilson," about a young black man, David A. W...

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