Person

John Hope Franklin

Acting · 1915–2009 · Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA

John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association. Franklin is best known for his work From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, and continually updated. More than three million copies have been sold. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

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  American Experience

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  The Middle Passage

  Self

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  From Swastika to Jim Crow

  John Hope Franklin

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  First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin

  Himself

• The Rise of the Industrial Giants

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• 2000From Swastika to Jim CrowJohn Hope Franklin
• 1997The Middle PassageSelf
• 1997First Person Singular: John Hope FranklinHimself
• 1988American Experience
• 1967The Rise of the Industrial GiantsProducer