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The first challenge of blackness is the challenge of defining it.

Lerone Bennett Jr.

We hear people say, "We tried integration and it failed." That isn't so. Integration has never been tried in this country. It has not even been defined. What is integration? If you put two, three blacks in an all-white institution, it's not integrated. It requires a complete change in the way you think as an institution. Real integration involves a change in values.

Lerone Bennett Jr.

Lerone Bennett Jr.

Lerone Bennett Jr.

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Born: October 17, 1928

Died: February 14, 2018 (aged 89)

Bio: Lerone Bennett Jr. was an African-American scholar, author and social historian, known for his analysis of race relations in the United States. His best-known works include Before the Mayflower and Forced into Glory, a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Known for:

Before the Mayflower (1962)
Forced into Glory (2000)
The shaping of Black America (1975)
Pioneers in protest (1968)

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