Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 1928-2018
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Name (Latin)
Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 1928-2018
Other forms of name
nnea Bennett, Lerone, 1928-2018
Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 1928-
Bennett, Lerone, 1928-
Date of birth
1928-10-17
Date of death
2018-02-14
Associated country
United States
Occupation
College teachers
Editors
Historians
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Bennett, Lerone, Jr.; magazine and journal editor / publisher, biographer, print journalist, social historian; fiction and poetry writer; born 17 October 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States; graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in Journalism, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia (1949); enrolled in graduate school at Atlanta University; Ebony magazine's first senior editor (1958); visiting professor of history at Northwestern University (1968-1969); senior fellow of the Institute of the Black World (1969); recipient of numerous awards and honors)
- Before the Mayflower, 1962.
- Forced into glory, 2000:(Lerone Bennett, Jr.)
- LC data converted from 678, 2013-03-22(graduate, Morehouse College, Atlanta)
- Lerone Bennett, Jr., oral history, 2009.
- Lerone Bennett, Jr. (born October 17, 1928 ; died February 14, 2018) is an African-American scholar, author and social historian, known for his analysis of race relations in the United States. His best-known works include Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), about President Abraham Lincoln ( (Wikipedia, August 16, 2018) )