His articles became one of the magazine’s literary hallmarks and he was also an award-winning author of multiple books. He began his career at Johnson Publishing Company as the City editor of Jet Magazine and served as Ebony Magazine’s renowned editor for more than 50 years. After college he worked for the Atlanta Daily World. His career in journalism began at the age of twelve at the Black-owned newspaper The Mississippi Enterprise. He was also known as one of Atlanta, Georgia’s Morehouse College’s most distinguished Alumnus. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on October 17, 1928. Lerone Bennett Jr was a journalist and legendary historian of Black America. King, who received approval for the street naming. Family and friends gathered at South Chicago Beach Drive, along with 4th Ward Alderman Sophia D. Parkway was named on South Chicago Beach Drive, from East 48th Street to East 49th Street. Jwas Father’s Day but it also was the day that Lerone Bennett Jr.
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