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John Hope Franklin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Hope Franklin 1915-, the dean of African-American historians, b. Rentiesville, Okla., grad. Fisk Univ. (A.B., 1935), Harvard Univ. (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Franklin served on the faculties of his alma mater (1936-37), St. Augustine's College (1939-43), North Carolina College (1943-47), Howard Univ. (1947-56), Brooklyn College (1956-64), and the Univ. of Chicago (1964-82) before assuming (1982) the James B. Duke Professorship of History at Duke Univ. He became professor emeritus in 1985, but taught at Duke's law school from 1985 to 1992. Franklin was also president of Phi Beta Kappa (1973-76),... Read more
John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin A pioneer African American historian, John Hope Franklin (born 1915) was a highly respected...many aspects of American history. John Hope Franklin, the son of Buck and Mollie (Parker... Read more
John Hope Franklin
...Brown v. Board of Education decision. He was the first black president of the American Historical Association (1978–79) and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin Read more

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