Lerone Bennett Jr.
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Lerone Bennett Jr. 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 Americ
Bennett in his office at Johnson Publishing Company headquarters, 1973. Photo by John H. White.
Forced into Glory
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Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream is a book written by Lerone Bennett Jr., an African-American scholar and historian, who served as the executive editor of Ebony for decades. It critici
Lerone Bennett Jr.
…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…
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