What Truth Sounds Like by Michael Eric Dyson Summary
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In "What Truth Sounds Like," Dyson masterfully examines America's unfinished racial conversation through Kennedy and Baldwin's historic meeting. Praised by Obama and named a Washington Post Notable Work, it connects Jay-Z, Kaepernick, and "Black Panther" to our urgent national reckoning with justice.
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When Truth Finally Broke Through
A nine-year-old boy sat in a Detroit ghetto in 1968, watching Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral on television. As the camera panned across Ebenezer Baptist Church, something shifted in his understanding-a dawning awareness of what it meant to be Black in America. James Baldwin was there too, later calling it "the most real church service I've ever sat through." Five years earlier, Baldwin had walked into a room with Attorney General Robert Kennedy and shattered the careful distance white liberals maintained from Black suffering. That confrontation-largely forgotten by history-revealed something essential about how power responds when it finally hears unfiltered truth. May 1963 was a pivotal year. Birmingham's streets ran with water from fire hoses turned on peaceful protesters. Bull Connor's dogs tore at children's clothes. The Kennedy administration watched nervously, caught between southern segregationists and an increasingly impatient civil rights movement. Bobby Kennedy thought he understood the problem. He'd helped broker the Birmingham resolution, appointed some progressive judges, and believed himself an ally. When he arranged to meet Baldwin, he expected a productive policy discussion. Instead, he got something far more uncomfortable: witness.
The Room Where It Happened
The Aftermath of Truth
The Unchanging Script
Art as Witness
The Unfinished Transformation
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Cree par des anciens de Columbia University a San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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