Death Announcement

[L Verge]

I just received word from friends in the Lincoln field that one of the most controversial figures in the study of Abraham Lincoln died in Chicago this week -- author Lerone Bennett.

[Thomas Lapsley]

His passing comes 50 years after the publication of his article "Was Abe Lincoln a White Supremacist?" in the February 1968 issue of Ebony Magazine.

[L Verge]

(02-18-2018 03:33 PM)Thomas Lapsley Wrote:  His passing comes 50 years after the publication of his article "Was Abe Lincoln a White Supremacist?" in the February 1968 issue of Ebony Magazine.

I was teaching at that time, and what an "upheaval" that caused...