Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Celebration – What Manner of Man: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lerone Bennett Jr.
Thursday, 22 Jan 2004 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Lerone Bennett Jr., senior editor of Ebony magazine, has pioneered in the writing of popular black history. His books include What Manner of Man : A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Confrontation: Black and White Black Power U.S.A.; The Human Side of Reconstruction, 1867-1877; Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream; Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America;and The Shaping of Black America. His numerous awards include receiving the Capital Press Club's Book of the Year Award and being named the United Negro College Fund's Humanitarian of the Year.
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