I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. This item is unavailable.I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr

Michael Eric Dyson—a cutting edge African American intellectual a la Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West—reignites the legacy of Martin Luther King in this relevant, revolutionary, and human look at the American icon's true ideology.

A private citizen who transformed the world around him, Martin Luther King, Jr., was arguably the greatest American who ever lived. Now, after more than thirty years, few people understand how truly radical he was. In this groundbreaking examination of the man and his legacy, provocative author, lecturer, and professor Michael Eric Dyson restores King's true vitality and complexity and challenges us to embrace the very contradictions that make King relevant in today's world.

Michael Eric Dyson is an ordained Baptist minister and Ida B. Wells Barnett University Professor at DePaul University. He is the author of Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X, Between God and Gangsta Rap, and Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line. He lives with his family in Chicago.