Former Ebony Editor, Author Dies at 89
Lerone Bennett Jr., an African-American history author and former editor of Ebony magazine, has died at age 89.
A.A. Rayner and Sons Funeral Home in Chicago said Thursday that Bennett died Tuesday. Ebony magazine tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Bennett had vascular dementia.
The
Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday called Bennett an "activist historian"
and said "a global force for justice he was, a mighty pen he had."
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Source: NBC News
From The G-Man salutes Mr. Bennett's legacy with the following video tribute. May he forever rest in peace.
"Alabama" is a composition written by Coltrane that appears on his album "Live at Birdland" (1963). It was written in
response to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15,
1963, an attack by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four African-American girls.
Sources: Roger B. and Wikipedia
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