Bennett's most controversial work argues that Lincoln's reputation as the Great Emancipator is a myth: that Lincoln believed in white supremacy, defended slavery where it existed, and was pushed — forced — into emancipation by abolitionists and the enslaved themselves. A direct challenge, from Ebony's longtime executive editor, to America's favorite Civil War story.
Author: Lerone Bennett Jr. · Original publisher: Johnson Publishing Company (Chicago), 2000
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