Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 1928-2018
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- 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) )
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Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, journalist, and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works include Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619–1962 (1962) and Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Born and raised in Mississippi, Bennett graduated from Morehouse College. He served in the Korean War and began a career in journalism at the Atlanta Daily World before being recruited by Johnson Publishing Company to work for JET magazine. Later, Bennett was the long-time executive editor of Ebony magazine. He was associated with the publication for more than 50 years.
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