--- title: "3 Lerone Bennett, Jr Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American academic (1928–2018)... | Lerone Bennett Jr. was an African-American scholar, journalist, and social historian who analyzed race relations in t..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b129/author-lerone-bennett-jr-80928.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lerone Bennett, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b129/author-lerone-bennett-jr-80928.jpg) # Lerone Bennett, Jr (1928–2018) Journalist **3** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lerone Bennett, Jr was a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Lerone Bennett, Jr Born October 17, 1928 Died February 14, 2018 Profession Journalist ## About Lerone Bennett, Jr American academic (1928–2018)... \| Lerone Bennett Jr. was an African-American scholar, journalist, and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works include Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619–1962 (1962) and Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream (2000), a book about U.S. P ## Quotes by Lerone Bennett, Jr > [Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lerone-bennett-jr/lincoln-is-theology-not-historiology-he-is-a-faith-he-is-a-church-he/) Lerone Bennett, Jr [Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/lerone-bennett-jr-80928_church_lincoln-is-theology-not-historiology-he_391079.jpg) > [Who freed the slaves? To the extent that they were ever u2018freed,' they were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment, which was authored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lerone-bennett-jr/who-freed-the-slaves-to-the-extent-that-they-were-ever-u2018freed/) Lerone Bennett, Jr [Abolitionist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolitionist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/lerone-bennett-jr-80928_abolitionist_who-freed-the-slaves-to-the-extent-that_1873706.png) > [An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lerone-bennett-jr/an-educator-in-a-system-of-oppression-is-either-a-revolutionary-or-an/) Lerone Bennett, Jr [Educator](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/educator/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/lerone-bennett-jr-80928_educator_an-educator-in-a-system-of-oppression-is_2533869.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lerone-bennett-jr/#itemlist", "name": "Lerone Bennett, Jr Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lincoln is theology, not historiology. 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