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Tears we cannot stop a sermon to white America

Fifty years ago, Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Bl...

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Main Author: Dyson, Michael Eric (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
CHABLA/Ruth E. Rishel Centre Foundation Grant
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 21st century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 21st century.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity.
African Americans > Social conditions.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 21st century.
Summary: Fifty years ago, Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.
Physical Description: 228 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781250135995
1250135990
Author Notes: MICHAEL ERIC DYSON --distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts & Science, and of Ethics and Society, Divinity School, and Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University--is one of America's premier public intellectuals and the author of seven New York Times bestsellers including JAY-Z , Tears We Cannot Stop , and What Truth Sounds Like , and most recently Long Time Coming . A contributing opinion writer for The New York Times , Dr. Dyson is a recipient of two NAACP Image awards and the 2020 Langston Hughes Festival Medallion. Former president Barack Obama has noted: "Everybody who speaks after Michael Eric Dyson pales in comparison."

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