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Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009

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Personal name headingFranklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1915-01-02
Death date2009-03-25
Place of birthRentiesville (Okla.)
Place of deathDurham (N.C.)
AffiliationHoward University Brooklyn College University of Chicago Harvard University Fisk University Duke University
Historians College teachers
Profession or occupationAfrican American historians
Found inHis The free Negro in North Carolina ... 1943.
News & observer WWW site, Mar. 25, 2009 (John Hope Franklin; b. Jan. 2, 1915, Rentiesville, Okla.; d. this morning [Mar. 25, 2009], Duke Hospital [Durham, N.C.], aged 94; revered historian who chronicled the South and gave definition to the African American experience)
NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for His Interview, 1972 (John Hope Franklin; discusses his experiences as a teacher at Howard University, Brooklyn College, and the University of Chicago)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Franklin, John Hope; historian, educator; born 02 January 1915 in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, United States; graduated magna cum laude from Fisk University (1935); MA Harvard University; held faculty appointments at several historically black colleges, including Fisk, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina College, and Howard University (1936 to 1956); chairman of the history department of the University of Chicago (1967-1970); associated with the American Studies Association, the Southern Historical Association, the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, and the American Historical Association; James B. Duke Professor of History at Duke University (1982), joined the Duke Law School (1985-1992); won the NAACP's highest honor, the Spingarn Medal; President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1995), and appointed him to lead a presidential commission on race (1997); collaborated with the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu in a PBS film (2001); received over two hundred awards and honorary degrees during his distinguished career; died 25 March 2009 in Durham, North Carolina, United States)
African American National Biography, accessed January 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Franklin, John Hope; historian, educator; born 02 January 1915 in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, United States; graduated from Fisk University in Tennessee (1935); MA and PhD in history at Harvard University (1935, 1941); faculty appointments at colleges, including Fisk, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina College, Howard, and Duke (1936-1956); contributed to history with The Militant South, 1800-1860 and Reconstruction after the Civil War (1956-1961); his most widely read book was, From slavery to freedom (1947); co-edited highly regarded anthology, Black leaders of the twentieth century (1981); co-authored Runaway slaves: rebels on the plantation (1999); first African American to head the American Studies Association (1967-1968), the Southern Historical Association (1970-1971), the Organization of American Historians (1974-1975), and the American Historical Association (1979-1980); honors include, NAACP's highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1995); died 25 March 2009 in Durham, North Carolina, United States)
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