Dear Emmett Till: An Excerpt from Long Time Coming

Written by Michael Eric Dyson

Narrated by Michael Eric Dyson

A letter to Emmett Till, an excerpt from Dyson's longer work, Long Time Coming

Here is a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption. As Dyson notes: "Rarely has the tragic fact of Black death been as urgently in need of interpretation and engagement as in this moment."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Mar 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781250835529

Michael Eric Dyson

MICHAEL ERIC DYSON—Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts & Science, and of Ethics and Society, Divinity School, and NEH Centennial Chair at Vanderbilt University—is one of America’s premier public intellectuals and the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers including Tears We Cannot Stop, What Truth Sounds Like, JAY-Z, and Long Time Coming. A winner of the 2018 nonfiction Southern Book Prize, Dr. Dyson is also a recipient of two NAACP Image awards and the 2020 Langston Hughes Festival Medallion. Former president Barack Obama has noted: “Everybody who speaks after Michael Eric Dyson pales in comparison.”

Reviews for Dear Emmett Till

[Alisa Johnson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Author is amazing! Everyone should read this book. Great read.