The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Lerone Bennett

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Lerone Bennett

8/29/2002

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2002.167

Historian Lerone Bennett (1928 - 2018 ) served as the executive editor of Ebony magazine for almost forty years. His written work, including a seminal piece of literature, "Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619-1962," explored the history of race relations in the United States, as well as the current environment in which African Americans strive for equality. Bennett was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/29/2002, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 03h 02m 21s

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Historian Lerone Bennett served as the executive editor ofEbonyfor almost forty years. His written work deftly explored the history of race relations in the United States as well as the current environment in which African Americans strive for equality. Bennett was born on October 17, 1928, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, to Lerone and Alma Reed Bennett. When Bennett was young, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, and it was here, while attending Jackson's public schools, that Bennett's interes...