[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MR. LERONE BENNET, JR.

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 15, 2018

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a 
remarkable public servant and hometown hero, Mr. Lerone Bennet, Jr.
  Mr. Bennet was a native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and was an editor 
at Ebony Magazine during the time the publication published the photos 
of Emmett Till. In addition, he was also a journalist, author, and 
historian. A friend and Morehouse College classmate of Rev. Dr. Martin 
L. King, Jr., Mr. Bennet worked tirelessly in the struggle for Civil 
Rights. In 1994, Mr. Bennet was appointed to President Clinton's 
Committee on Arts and Humanities. He also served as an early adviser on 
the development of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African 
American History and Culture.
  During the last years of his life, Mr. Bennet suffered from vascular 
dementia. Last night, at 89-years-old, he passed away.
  Today, we honor the life of Mr. Lerone Bennet, Jr. and his family.

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