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ⓘ About Michael Eric Dyson
He is the son of Addie Mae Leonard, who was from Alabama, and was adopted by Everett Dyson, his stepdad. He went to Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on an academic scholarship however he left and finished his education at Northwestern High School. At the age of nineteen, Michael became an ordained minister. After he worked in factories in Detroit to support his family, he went to Knoxville College as a freshman at the age of twenty-one. He got his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Carson-Newman College in the year 1985. In 1993 he got his PhD in religion from Princeton University after he finished a doctoral dissertation called “Uses of Heroes: Celebration and Criticism in the Interpretation of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
All Book Series by Michael Eric Dyson
Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Book 12 of 27 · published 2005
Political Correctness Gone Mad?
Book 22 of 27 · published 2018 Co-authored · Stephen Fry,Jordan B. Peterson,Michelle Goldberg
Unequal: A Story of America
Book 26 of 27 · published 2022 Co-authored · Marc Favreau
Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote
Latest in the series · book 27 of 27 · published 2024 Co-authored · Marc Favreau
Doing Documentary Work
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1997 Anthology · Robert Coles
The Sun, the Genome and the Internet
Book 2 of 10 · published 1999 Anthology · Freeman Dyson
The Look of Architecture
Book 3 of 10 · published 2001 Anthology · Witold Rybczynski
Visions of Utopia
Book 4 of 10 · published 2002 Anthology · Martin E. Marty,Edward Rothstein,Herbert Muschamp
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Michael Eric Dyson?
He is the son of Addie Mae Leonard, who was from Alabama, and was adopted by Everett Dyson, his stepdad. He went to Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on an academic scholarship however he left and finished his education at Northwestern High School. At the age of nineteen, Michael became an ordained minister.
Which Michael Eric Dyson series should I start with?
The best place to start is the New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities series, the earliest of Michael Eric Dyson's multi-book series: it opens with Doing Documentary Work (1997) and runs to 10 books across 1997–2006, ending with Pride (2006).
How many books has Michael Eric Dyson written?
Michael Eric Dyson has 39 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1993 and 2024. 10 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities series with 10 books — and 29 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Michael Eric Dyson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Michael Eric Dyson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities (1997–2006, 10 books).
How are Michael Eric Dyson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Michael Eric Dyson's 39 books into 1 named series and 29 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities (10 books, 1997–2006).