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Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, PhD

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, PhD is University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and the author of 17 books, including his latest, Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson . Click here to contact Dr. Dyson.

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Manning Marable: A Brother, A Mentor, A Great Mind

By Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, PhD Guest Commentator

I discovered Manning Marable as a 21-year-old freshman at Knoxville College, a historically black college I’d left my native Detroit to attend after working in factories and fathering a son during the time most college-bound kids are in school. I was in the library stacks, browsing the sociology section, when I came upon a book…

I discovered Manning Marable as a 21-year-old freshman at Knoxville College, a historically black college I'd left my native Detroit to attend after working in factories…

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