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Post by anansi on Feb 16, 2018 5:07:19 GMT -5
Lerone Bennett dies at 89; historian, journalist, writer chronicled black history. [Lerone Bennett Jr., who wrote influential books on African-American history and resilience and chronicled key events in the civil rights movement as a journalist and top editor at Ebony magazine, has died at 89 in Chicago.] [He had vascular dementia, according to Ebony, where he worked for approximately half a century. Among his books are “Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America” and “The Shaping of Black America.” They have been reprinted multiple times and translated into many languages. And they were treasured in countless African-American homes. chicago.suntimes.com/news/lerone-bennet-dies-at-89-historian-journalist-writer-chronicled-black-history/amp/]Wow here to you Lerone Bennet who have joined the ancestor griots of the past you had taught us much.
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Post by nebsen on Feb 17, 2018 1:53:40 GMT -5
As a young Man reading Ebony magazine, Lerone Bennett made a big impact on me ; I would see a book on Black history that he had written & would always say ,I want to read that ! Well done, Lerone Bennett ,RIP.
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