86th birthday of Lerone Bennett

(Born 17 October 1928, Clarksdale, Miss, US)

Distinguished journalist, essayist, editor and historian who has published prolifically on race relations in the United States with influential titles that include Before the Mayflower (1962), What Manner of Man (1964), Pioneers in Protest (1968) and Forced into Glory (2000)

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