*WISDOM OF WORDS: Lerone Bennett Jr., The People’s Historian, *spans Bennett’s 50 + year career at Johnson Publishing Company; from Associate Editor of JET Magazine in 1953, to Associate Editor for Ebony Magazine in 1954, Senior Editor in 1958, Executive Editor in 1987, and Executive Editor Emeritus upon his retirement in 2003. Often called “the people’s historian,” Bennett is a trusted and revered scholar who has authored more than ten books documenting the historical forces shaping the Black experience in the United States.
Included in the exhibit are photos from Bennett’s career, copies of his books including his first, Before The Mayflower: A History of Black America, which American Legacy magazine called “one of the most popular single-volume histories of Blacks ever written,” numerous awards, personal items like a clarinet he played as a member of the Duke Bennett Jazz Orchestra during high school, and rarely seen vintage copies of JET and Ebony Magazines. Visitors will also see on video, the inspiring last interview of the late Ebony and JET Founder, Publisher and Chairman, John H. Johnson conducted by Mr. Bennett
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