Lerone Bennett, Jr.

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Lerone Bennett, Jr. (b. October 17, 1928) is an African American scholar, author and historian.

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[edit] Biography

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Bennett was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi the son of late Lerone Bennett Sr. and Alma Reed. When he was young his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He is most notable for his work as an editor for Ebony Magazine and for two historical texts: Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619-1962 and Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. The former discusses the contributions of African Americans in the United States, while the latter questions President Abraham Lincoln's role as the "Great Emancipator. Bennett is an alumnus of Morehouse College."

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  • Bennett's Before The Mayflower was originally published in 1963, a year after the desegregation of the University of Mississippi. Since then, Before the Mayflower has been published in seven revised and updated editions. The New Millennium Edition, published in 2003, added three new chapters since the last printing in September 1995 and 32 pages of color photos of modern-day black achievers. Editions of the book have been published in 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1982, 1987 and 2003.
  • Bennett attended Lanier High School.
  • Bennett is a notable member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. As mentioned here at the Kappa Foundation Homepage

[edit] Bibliography

  • What Manner of Man?
  • Pioneers In Protest
  • The Shaping of Black America
  • Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619-1962 (1963)
  • What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King
  • Confrontation: Black and White (1965)
  • Black Power U.S.A.: The Human Side of Reconstruction 1867-1877 (1967)
  • Pioneers In Protest (1968)
  • The challenge of Blackness (1972)
  • Wade in the Water: Great Moments in Black History (1979)
  • Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream (2000)
  • The Shaping of Black America

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