E-mail a friendAugust 3, 2005
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson weighs in on Dr. Bill Cosby's controversial comments on parenting. Author Anne Bailey explains the history of the denigration of women.
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is a social analyst, ordained minister and best-selling author. A former teen father who once lived on welfare, Dyson went on to earn a Ph.D. from Princeton. He's written books on Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, singer Marvin Gaye and Bill Cosby. In his latest, Come Hell or High Water, Dyson offers a searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina. Often described as the 'hip-hop intellectual,' Dyson is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.
Anne C. Bailey
Anne C. Bailey
Historian Anne Bailey's work combines her traveling adventures with an understanding of contemporary issues. Her books range from adult non-fiction to historical novels for children. The Jamaica native earned her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and is an African history assistant professor at Atlanta's Spelman College. She's had extended stays in Paris, London and West Africa. In her new book, African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Bailey focuses on the trade from the African perspective.