On this date in 1958 Michael Eric Dyson was born in Detroit, Michigan. Dyson is considered one of the leaders of a group of "new intellectuals," scholars. Michael Eric Dyson is a professor, lecturer, and an author who addresses issues of race and culture on television and in publications that range from Christian Century to Rolling Stone.

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