Lerone Bennett Jr.  renowned journalist dies.
Lerone Bennett Jr.
HAND OUT PHOTO --- Dwyane Wade and sons Zaire and Zion on the September cover of Ebony magazine.  (Photo: Ebony)
Lerone Bennett Jr.  a prolific chronicler of black life   has died.  He  was 89.
 Bennett  was a former executive editor of Ebony Magazine  the publication that for generations was perhaps the definitive journal chronicling the personalities  social movements and cultural achievements of black America.
 Bennett  also authored several books  including "Before The Mayflower: A History of Black America'' that was one of the definitive primers on African American history  from 1619 through the Civil Rights movement.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson  writing Wednesday on Twitter  said  Bennett  was a classmate and biographer of King and one of the most important voices in the 1960s.
" His  was a pen that mattered " Jackson wrote  adding that when  he  was editor of Ebony  it was "the most-read voice of the freedom struggle" and that  Bennett 's "impact will long be felt and remembered."
A classmate & biographer of Dr. King  during the turbulent 60's   his  was a pen that mattered. As historian  author of ‘Before the Mayflower’  editor of Ebony magazine  the most read voice of the freedom struggle   his  impact will long be felt and remembered. #RIP#LeroneBennettJrpic.twitter.com/tB7Sxf14A2 — Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) February 14  2018
HAND OUT PHOTO --- Dwyane Wade and sons Zaire and Zion on the September cover of Ebony magazine.  (Photo: Ebony)
[TGT]has died.  [TGT]  was 89.
 Bennett  was a former executive editor of Ebony Magazine  the publication that for generations was perhaps the definitive journal chronicling the personalities  social movements and cultural achievements of black America.
 Bennett  also authored several books  including "Before The Mayflower: A History of Black America'' that was one of the definitive primers on African American history  from 1619 through the Civil Rights movement.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson  writing Wednesday on Twitter  said  Bennett  was a classmate and biographer of King and one of the most important voices in the 1960s.
" His  was a pen that mattered " Jackson wrote  adding that when  he  was editor of Ebony  it was "the most-read voice of the freedom struggle" and that  Bennett 's "impact will long be felt and remembered."
A classmate & biographer of Dr. King  during the turbulent 60's   his  was a pen that mattered. As historian  author of ‘Before the Mayflower’  editor of Ebony magazine  the most read voice of the freedom struggle   his  impact will long be felt and remembered. #RIP#LeroneBennettJrpic.twitter.com/tB7Sxf14A2 — Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) February 14  2018