Lerone Bennett Jr.

CTL-E-1120 · Person · 1928-10-17–2018-02-14

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Executive editor of Ebony; historian (Before the Mayflower)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BPM-003; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BPM-003:per-bennett; source research type(s): person.

Sources

American Historical Association

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