{"product_id":"our-kind-of-historian-e-james-west-9781625346452","title":"Our Kind of Historian: The Work and Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003eJournalist, activist, popular historian, and public intellectual, Lerone Bennett Jr. left an indelible mark on twentieth-century American history and culture. Rooted in his role as senior editor of \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, but stretching far beyond the boundaries of the Johnson Publishing headquarters in Chicago, Bennett's work and activism positioned him as a prominent advocate for Black America and a scholar whose writing reached an unparalleled number of African American readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis critical biography--the first in-depth study of Bennett's life--travels with him from his childhood experiences in Jim Crow Mississippi and his time at Morehouse College in Atlanta to his later participation in a dizzying range of Black intellectual and activist endeavors. Drawing extensively on Bennett's previously inaccessible archival collections at Emory University and Chicago State, as well as interviews with close relatives, colleagues, and confidantes, \u003ci\u003eOur Kind of Historian\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates his enormous influence within and unique connection to African American communities across more than half a century of struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. James West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162534645X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625346452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.94d","brand":"E. James West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945696690431,"sku":"9781625346452","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0140a12d-b09d-4dec-9914-669559f5f339.jpg?v=1681509426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-kind-of-historian-e-james-west-9781625346452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}