page_title: Lerone Bennett Jr.
hierarchical_section_title: Lerone Bennett Jr.
caption_attribution_description: Original Caption: Lerone Bennett, Well Known Black Writer Who Is Senior Editor At Ebony Magazine, In His Office At Johnson Publishing Company In Chicago. The Firm Also Publishes Jet, Black World, Black Stars And Ebony Jr. As The Top Black Owned Business In Chicago, The Firm Recorded 1972 Sales Of $23.1 Million. Chicago Is Believed To Be The Black Business Capital Of The Country With 14 Of The Top 100 Black Owned Businesses Compared To 13 For New York City, 10/1973 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-13798 Photographer: White, John H, 1945- Subjects: African-American Chicago (Cook county, Illinois, United States) Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=556250 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
context_page_description: Lerone Bennett Jr. was an African-American scholar, author and social historian. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was known for his analysis of race relations in the United States. His best-known works include Before the Mayflower and Forced into Glory, a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was an editor for Ebony.
  Bennett Jr. died in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 2018 of vascular dementia at the age of 89.
context_section_description: Lerone Bennett Jr. (October 17, 1928 – February 14, 2018) was an African-American scholar, author and social historian. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was known for his analysis of race relations in the United States. His best-known works include Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was an editor for Ebony.
  Bennett Jr. died in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 2018 of vascular dementia at the age of 89.
caption: Bennett Jr. in 1973
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