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John Hope Franklin

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John Hope Franklin (1915–2009) taught at a number of institutions, including Duke University, Howard University, and the University of Chicago. His 1947 landmark study of the African American experience, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, remains among the most widely read works in the field. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.

John Hope Franklin Books

The Nation Must Awake book cover

The Nation Must Awake

Mary E. Jones Parrish
Reconstruction after the Civil War book cover

Reconstruction after the Civil War

John Hope Franklin
The Struggle for Black Equality book cover

The Struggle for Black Equality

Harvard Sitkoff
Jim Crow and Me book cover

Jim Crow and Me

Solomon S. Seay Jr.
Mirror to America book cover

Mirror to America

John Hope Franklin
Say It Plain book cover

Say It Plain

Catherine Ellis
The Emancipation Proclamation book cover

The Emancipation Proclamation

Harold Holzer
The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860 book cover

The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860

John Hope Franklin
One Blood book cover

One Blood

Spencie Love
Democracy Betrayed book cover

Democracy Betrayed

David S. Cecelski
My Life and An Era book cover

My Life and An Era

John Hope Franklin
Death in a Promised Land book cover

Death in a Promised Land

Scott Ellsworth
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