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Articles tagged "michael eric dyson"Sources SayBlack Gay Marriageby Diepiriye Kuku[24.Aug.09] :. Listening to ‘A Spirited Debate on Gay Marriage’ from the Michael Eric Dyson Show  Culture FeatureCarrying the Water: On Michael Eric Dysonby Mark Anthony Neal[23.Jul.07] :. It is Dyson’s ability to make himself and his work accessible to lay audiences -- ironically much like grassroots activists -- that makes him a target for those folk within the academy and elsewhere, who don’t believe that his work is rigorous enough.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006 FeatureTime Encapsulating: The Best DVDs of 2006by PopMatters Staff[10.Jan.07] :. From solid single issues to amazingly complete film and television compilations, the works highlighted here argue for DVD's continued importance. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006 Featured Article TV ReviewWhen the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Actsby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Aug.06] :. When the Levees Broke, elegant and anguished, encourages you to see, and more importantly, to care about and act on what you see. It is political in the most significant sense, and won't let you forget it.  Books ReviewCome Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dysonby Jonathan L. Walton[5.May.06] :. In an ancillary sense, the author uses the events of Katrina to tell the African American community that they cannot have it both ways. One should not shout 'Amen' when Bill Cosby disses poor black folk yet cry foul when the media refers to African American citizens stranded at the Superdome as 'refugees'.  Books ReviewIs Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? by Michael Eric Dysonby Jonathan L. Walton[18.Nov.05] :. I admit I never saw Cliff and Claire attending a 'Free Mumia Abu Jamal' rally. But, then again, I never saw JJ, Re-Run, or Lionel out fighting for the cause of freedom either. I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.by Mark Anthony NealDyson illuminates the complexities of King’s identity and challenges the boundaries in which King and his legacy have been forced to inhabit because of desires on the part of the King family, traditional Civil Rights leaders, and the mass media to neuter (pun, absolutely intended) his persona and his politics. |
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