Journalist, activist, popular historian, and public intellectual,
Lerone Bennett Jr. left an indelible mark on twentieth-century
American history and culture. Rooted in his role as senior editor
of Ebony magazine, but stretching far beyond the
boundaries of the Johnson Publishing headquarters in Chicago,
Bennett's work and activism positioned him as a prominent advocate
for Black America and a scholar whose writing reached an
unparalleled number of African American readers.This critical
biography—the first in-depth study of Bennett's life—travels
with him from his childhood experiences in Jim Crow Mississippi and
his time at Morehouse College in Atlanta to his later participation
in a dizzying range of Black intellectual and activist endeavors.
Drawing extensively on Bennett's previously inaccessible archival
collections at Emory University and Chicago State, as well as
interviews with close relatives, colleagues, and
confidantes, Our Kind of Historian celebrates his
enormous influence within and unique connection to African American
communities across more than half a century of struggle.
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