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Historian and journalist, Lerone Bennett, Jr., senior editor of Ebony magazine, was born in 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Today in Black America: 05.01.09

With Brette Dawson

POSTED: May 01, 2009, 6:21 pm

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A recap of the top stories impacting Black America on May 1, 2009.

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