BLM, BHM, DEI, CRT: Alphabets Against American Amnesia

Michael Eric Dyson, one of the nation’s most renowned professors, gifted writers, inspiring preachers, knowledgeable lecturers and riveting media personalities, will present for The Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility.

Given the polarization surrounding conversations about race in America, Dyson will explore how do we adequately respond to the crises and catastrophes occasioned by white backlash, resurgent white supremacy, and resilient white nationalism? Historical and contemporary forms of Black struggle offer instructive resistance to these socially malignant forces and position the contemporary debate about race in relation to preceding epochs of racial malaise and racist terror.

Dyson is also a writer of more than 20 books, including New York Times best sellers, "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America," and "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America," that was called by the New York Times, "one of the most frank and searing discussions on race.” His latest book, "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America," was heralded as Amazon’s Bestselling Book for 2020.