Michael Eric Dyson

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Birthday October 23, 1958

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Detroit, MI

Age 65 years old

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About

Author who won the 2007 American Book Award for Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. He was also the recipient of three NAACP Image Awards.

Before Fame

He became an ordained minister in the Baptist church when he was only nineteen years old. Later, he received his Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University.

Trivia

He taught at Brown, Columbia, the University of North Carolina, and Georgetown University. He also became known for The Michael Eric Dyson Show, a radio program that debuted in 2009.

Family Life

He married his third wife, Marcia Louise, in 1992. He was previously married to Theresa Taylor and Brenda Joyce.  

Associated With

His book, Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, won the 2006 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Literary Work.