- He was a historian and journalist who wrote about the African American experience. He was an top editor at Ebony magazine for over 50 years.
- He started writing for a weekly black newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi, when he was 12. He graduated from Morehouse College, earning money for tuition by playing saxophone in jazz bands. He was a journalist in Atlanta before moving to Chicago to work for Jet magazine. A year later, he joined Ebony magazine, where he worked into his 80s.
- Survived by his three daughters and several grandchildren.
- Parents are: Lerone Bennett, Sr, and Alma Reed.
- He was a classmate with Martin Luther King at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia.
- He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
- Has four children: Alma Joy, Contance, Courtney, and Lerone, III (1960-2013).
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