He had long been known as the Great Emancipator, but, by the late 1960s, some African American intellectuals, led by Lerone Bennett Jr., denied that Lincoln deserved that title.
hiː hæd lˈɔŋ bˌɪn nˈoʊn æz ðə ɡɹˈeɪt ɪmˈænsᵻpˌeɪɾɚ, bˌʌt, baɪ ðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z, sˌʌm ˈæfɹɪkən ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəlz, lˈɛd baɪ lˈɛɹoʊn bˈɛnɪt dʒˌeɪˈɑːɹ., dᵻnˈaɪd ðæt lˈɪŋkən dɪzˈɜːvd ðæt tˈaɪɾəl.