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About the Author
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Dr. Michael Eric Dysonis an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books, a widely celebrated professor, a prominent public intellectual, an ordained Baptist minister, and a noted political analyst. He is a two-time NAACP Image Award winner, and the winner of the American Book Award for Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. His book The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America was a Kirkus Prize finalist. He is the co-author of Unequal with Marc Favreau. He is also a highly sought after public speaker who is known to excite both secular and sacred audiences. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Follow him on Twitter and on his official Facebook page.
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Represent
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The Stolen Wealth of Slavery
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Unequal
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Barack and Joe
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Can You Hear Me Now?
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Know What I Mean?
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Born to Use Mics
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April 4, 1968
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Come Hell or High Water
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Debating Race
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Holler If You Hear Me
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Is Bill Cosby Right?
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Mercy, Mercy Me
![The Michael Eric Dyson Reader](https://www.mandelasfavoritefolktales.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9780465017713.jpg?w=188)
The Michael Eric Dyson Reader
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Why I Love Black Women
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Open Mike