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Lerone Bennett Jr.

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Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian, known for his analysis of race relations in the United States. [1]

46 relations: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Atlanta, Atlanta Daily World, Author, Black Issues Book Review, Candace Award, Capital Press Club, Carter G. Woodson, Chicago, Clarksdale, Mississippi, Dillard University, DNA, Ebony (magazine), Eric Foner, Eston Hemings, Forced into Glory, Jackson, Mississippi, James M. McPherson, Jet (magazine), John H. Johnson, John H. White (photojournalist), Johnson Publishing Company, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kenwood, Chicago, Korean War, Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi), Lincoln College (Illinois), Marquette University, Martin Luther King Jr., Mississippi, Monticello, Morehouse College, Morgan State University, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Northwestern University, Sally Hemings, Scholarly method, Social history, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Voorhees College, Wilberforce University.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member honor society; its goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.

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Association for the Study of African American Life and History

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is an organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of African-American History.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlanta Daily World

The Atlanta Daily World is the oldest black newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1928.

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Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.

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Black Issues Book Review

Black Issues Book Review was a bimonthly magazine published in New York City, U.S., in which books of interest to African-American readers were reviewed.

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Candace Award

From 1982 to 1992, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women bestowed the Candace Award on "Black role models of uncommon distinction who have set a standard of excellence for young people of all races".

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Capital Press Club

The Capital Press Club was founded in 1944 as an African-American alternative to the US National Press Club, which did not then accept black members.

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Carter G. Woodson

Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale is a city in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, and seat of the county.

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Dillard University

Dillard University is a private, historically black, liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.

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Ebony (magazine)

Ebony is a monthly magazine for the African-American market.

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Eric Foner

Eric Foner (born February 7, 1943) is an American historian.

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Eston Hemings

Eston Hemings Jefferson (May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856) was born a slave at Monticello, the youngest son of Sally Hemings, a mixed-race slave.

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Forced into Glory

Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream (2000) is a book by Lerone Bennett, Jr., an African American scholar and historian, and executive editor of Ebony Magazine for decades.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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James M. McPherson

James M. "Jim" McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University.

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Jet (magazine)

Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.

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John H. Johnson

John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was an American businessman and publisher.

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John H. White (photojournalist)

John H. White (born 1945 in Lexington, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1982.

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Johnson Publishing Company

Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publishing company founded in November 1942 by businessman John H. Johnson.

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Kappa Alpha Psi

Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African-American membership.

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Kenwood, Chicago

Kenwood, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)

Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.

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Lincoln College (Illinois)

Lincoln College (chartered Lincoln University) is a private, independent liberal arts college located in Lincoln, Illinois.

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Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the central United States.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Monticello

Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, who began designing and building Monticello at age 26 after inheriting land from his father.

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Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically Black college located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Morgan State University

Morgan State University (commonly referred to as MSU, Morgan State, or Morgan) is a Maryland's designated public urban research university and the largest Maryland's American historically black college and university (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland.

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National Coalition of 100 Black Women

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) is a non-profit volunteer organization for American women.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, United States, with other campuses located in Chicago and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs and facilities in Miami, Florida, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California.

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Sally Hemings

Sarah "Sally" Hemings (1773 – 1835) was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson of the United States.

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Scholarly method

The scholarly method or scholarship is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public.

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Social history

Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Thomas Jefferson Foundation

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, originally known as the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation founded in 1923 to purchase and maintain Monticello, the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.

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Voorhees College

Voorhees College is a private, historically black college (HBCU) in Denmark, South Carolina, United States.

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Wilberforce University

Wilberforce University is a private, coed, liberal arts historically black university (HBCU) located in Wilberforce, Ohio.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerone_Bennett_Jr.

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