Following his 2017 bestseller "_Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to
White America_," his latest book "_WHAT TRUTH SOUNDS LIKE: ROBERT F.
KENNEDY, JAMES BALDWIN, AND OUR UNFINISHED CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE IN
AMERICA_" examines key players today – ranging from Jay-Z to Jordan
Peele and LeBron James, from Black Lives Matter to #MeToo, from
Ta-Nehisi Coates to Kamala Harris. And he ends with a paean to Wakanda
– the all too mythical nation celebrated in “Black Panther”.
“If Baldwin and his glorious crew could gather again, they could
hardly have a better place to reconvene and let the beautiful momentum
of blackness wash over them as they sought to make America truly
great. For the first time.”
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON IS ONE OF AMERICA’s premier PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS.
He occupies the distinguished position of University Professor of
Sociology at Georgetown University, is a contributing opinion writer
for The New York Times, and is a contributing editor of The New
Republic and ESPN’s The Undefeated. Ebony magazine named him one of
the 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 150 most
powerful blacks in the nation.
Books will be available for sale and a book signing will take place
following presentation.
Parking is available in our staff parking lot on Putnam St. Entrance
to the library is through either the Woodward or Cass Ave. doors.
Accessible parking is available in the circle drive on Cass Ave. This
event is free and open to the public.
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