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DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL ERIC DYSON\n\nOne of the foremost African American *and* American, 
 period, progressive voices in the nation presents:\n\n"April 4, 1968: 
 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America"\n\nand 
 current topics.\n\n\nLecture & Book Signing \n \nScheduled:\n \nApril 
 30\nWednesday\n\n6:30 PM \n\nEast Bay Church of Religious Science\n41st 
 Street & Telegraph Ave\n(northeast corner)\n\nOakland, CA\n 
 \nhttp://michaelericdyson.com/april41968/events.php\n  \nNew 
 book:\n\n_April 4, 1968:\nMartin Luther King, Jr.’s Death and How It 
 Changed America_\n\nOn April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on 
 a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally 
 wounded. Only hours earlier King—the prophet for racial and economic 
 justice in America—ended his final speech with the words, “I may not 
 get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people 
 will get to the Promised Land.”\n \nAcclaimed public intellectual and 
 best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of 
 King’s assassination as the occasion for a provocative and fresh 
 examination of how King fought, and faced, his own death, and we should use 
 his death and legacy. Dyson also uses this landmark anniversary as the 
 starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of Black 
 America over the four decades that followed King’s death. Dyson 
 ambitiously investigates the ways in which African-Americans have in fact 
 made it to the Promised Land of which King spoke, while shining a bright 
 light on the ways in which the nation has faltered in the quest for racial 
 justice. He also probes the virtues and flaws of charismatic black 
 leadership that has followed in King’s wake, from Jesse Jackson to Barack 
 Obama.\n \nDyson, always engaging and inspiring, "April 4, 1968" celebrates 
 the prophetic leadership of Dr. King, and challenges America to renew its 
 commitment to his deeply moral vision.\n \n\nRead the Intro — by JAY Z 
 \n\nMichael Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the hundred most 
 influential Black Americans, is the author of sixteen books, including, 
 _Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture_ ; _I May 
 Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr._ ; _Holler If You 
 Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur _ ; _Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the 
 Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?_ . He is currently University Professor 
 of Sociology at Georgetown University, and lives in Washington, D.C.\n 
 \nFor numerous other books see:\n 
 \nhttp://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=%22michael+eric+dyson%22&x=9&y=17\n\n___________________________________________\n\nKALW-fm: 
 Your Call Radio program, April 29, 2008, San Francisco, audio archived at 
 yourcallradio.org\n\nNBC Today Show: Excerpt & Video\n\nNPR: Talk of the 
 Nation \n\nand many other TV and radio news/talk 
 programs.\n___________________________________________\n\nSpeaking 
 Engagements: American Program Bureau\nPublicity Inquiries: Paul Jackson\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/29/18495738.php
SUMMARY:MICHAEL ERIC DYSON in Oakland!
LOCATION:Auditorium: East Bay Church of Religious Science\n4130 Telegraph 
 Avenue\n\n(northeast corner of 41st St. & Telegraph Ave.;\nalso, within 
 easy walking distance, a few blocks, \na little more than around the 
 northwest corner, \nfrom MacArthur Bart station)\n\nOakland, CA\n\n(two 
 side parking lots available)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/29/18495738.php
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