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Michael Eric Dyson was born on 23 October, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is an American academic and ordained minister. Discover Michael Eric Dyson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 23 October 1958
Birthday 23 October
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Marcia L. Dyson (m. 1992), Theresa Taylor (m. 1977–1979)

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1958

Michael Eric Dyson (born October 23, 1958) is an American academic, author, ordained 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 Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Nas's debut album Illmatic, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Hurricane Katrina.

Dyson was born on October 23, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Addie Mae Leonard, who was from Alabama.

He was adopted by his stepfather, Everett Dyson.

He attended Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on an academic scholarship but left and completed his education at Northwestern High School.

He became an ordained Baptist minister at nineteen years of age.

Having worked in factories in Detroit to support his family, he entered Knoxville College as a freshman at the age of twenty-one.

1978

Dyson has a son, Michael Eric Dyson II, born on May 22, 1978, in Detroit with his first wife, Theresa Taylor.

Also, Mwata and Maisha Dyson and three grandchildren.

1985

Dyson received his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Carson–Newman College in 1985.

1993

He received a Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University in 1993 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled Uses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dyson has taught at Chicago Theological Seminary, Brown University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Columbia University, DePaul University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

1994

His 1994 book Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X became a New York Times notable book of the year.

2006

In his 2006 book Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster, Dyson analyzes the political and social events in the wake of the catastrophe against the backdrop of an overall "failure in race and class relations".

Dyson hosted a radio show, which aired on Radio One, from January 2006 to February 2007.

He is also a commentator on National Public Radio, MSNBC and CNN, and is a regular guest on Real Time with Bill Maher.

2007

From 2007 to 2020, he was a professor of sociology at Georgetown University.

In 2021, Dyson moved to Vanderbilt University where he holds the Centennial Chair and serves as University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and University Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School.

2009

The Michael Eric Dyson Show (2009-2011)

The Michael Eric Dyson Show radio program debuted on April 6, 2009, and is broadcast from Morgan State University.

The show's first guest was Oprah Winfrey, to whom Dyson dedicated his book ''Can You Hear Me Now?

The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson''.

2010

In 2010, Dyson edited Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic, with contributions based on the album's tracks by, among others, Kevin Coval, Kyra D. Gaunt ("Professor G"), Dream hampton, Marc Lamont Hill, Adam Mansbach, and Mark Anthony Neal.

Dyson's own essay in this anthology, "'One Love', Two Brothers, Three Verses", argues that the current US penal system disfavors young black males more than any other segment of the population.

His last three books appeared repeatedly on the New York Times Bestseller list.

2011

Beginning July 2011 Michael Eric Dyson became a political analyst for MSNBC.

The show appears to have been discontinued with its last episode being in December 2011.

Dyson's general philosophy is that American black people are continuing to suffer from generations of ongoing oppression.

On Fox News with Tucker Carlson, Dyson suggested that white Americans looking for ways to counter white privilege could make individual efforts to contribute time and money to support local black communities.

2016

Between 2016 and 2018, he was a visiting professor at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

2018

In May 2018, he participated in the Munk debate on political correctness, arguing alongside Michelle Goldberg against Stephen Fry and Jordan Peterson.

In August 2018, he spoke at the funeral of Aretha Franklin.

Dyson served on the board of directors of the Common Ground Foundation, a project dedicated to empowering urban youth in the United States.

Dyson and his third wife, Marcia L. Dyson, were regular guests and speakers at the Aspen Institute Conferences and Ideas Festival.

Dyson most recently hosted a television show, The Raw Word.