Michael Eric Dyson, well-known academic and best-selling author who appears regularly on NPR and CNN, lectures on “Dr. King for the 21st Century” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24 in Scripps College’s Garrison Theater, 231 E. 10th St. This free event is open to the public.
Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, has written numerous books, including New York Times best-seller “April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America” (Basic Civitas Books: 2008) and “I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King Jr.” (Free Press: 2001). In his most recent book, “Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson” (Basic Civitas Books: 2011), he probes such contemporary topics as race and the presidency.
An American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner, Dyson has been named one of the 150 most powerful African Americans by Ebony magazine. An ordained minister, Dyson has taught at such prestigious universities as Brown, Chapel Hill and Columbia and has appeared on The Today Show, Nightline, The Tavis Smiley Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and The Colbert Report.
Dyson, a contributor at MSNBC, earned both his master’s and doctorate degrees in religion from Princeton University. He visits Scripps College as the invited guest of The Claremont College’s MLK Jr. Commemoration Committee in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which will be observed Jan. 21.