Dear Emmett Till: An Excerpt from Long Time Coming

by Michael Eric Dyson

Overview

A letter to Emmett Till, an excerpt from Dyson's longer work, Long Time Coming

Here is a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption. As Dyson notes: "Rarely has the tragic fact of Black death been as urgently in need of interpretation and engagement as in this moment."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250279989
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	38
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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.”
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON—Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts&Science, and of Ethics and Society, Divinity School, and NEH Centennial Chair at Vanderbilt University—is one of America’s premier public intellectuals and the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers including Tears We Cannot Stop, What Truth Sounds Like, JAY-Z, and Long Time Coming. A winner of the 2018 nonfiction Southern Book Prize, Dr. Dyson is also 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.”