Franklin, John Hope, 1915-

  1. Franklin, John Hope, 1915-
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1915, Jan. 2 John Hope Franklin born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma to Buck Colbert and Mollie Franklin 1935 Completed Bachelor of Arts in history at Fisk University 1940, June 11 Married Aurelia E. Whittington, librarian 1941 Completed Ph.D. at Harvard University 1947 Published From Slavery to Freedom 1954 Commissioned by Thurgood Marshall, then legal counselor for the NAACP, to research and write a series of articles for the upcoming Brown vs. Board of Education hearings. 1964 1982 Taught at the University of Chicago after serving on the faculties of several other colleges and universities 1976 Gave first Jefferson Lecture, which received the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize in 1985, when it was published 1983 Joined the faculty of History at Duke University; also taught legal history for the Law School at Duke (1985-1992) 1985 Published George Washington Williams, A Biography 1990 Published selection of writings entitled Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938-1988 1995 Received the first W.E.B. DuBois Award from the Fisk University Alumni Association, the Organization of American Historians' Award for Outstanding Achievement, the Alpha Phi Alpha Award of Merit, the NAACP's Spingarn Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1997 Published My Life and an Era: the Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin, edited by Franklin and his son, John Whittington Franklin 1997 1998 Chair of President Clinton's Advisory Board for the President’s Initiative on Race 2005 Publication of Mirror on America: An Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

For additional biographical information, consult Who's Who in America, 2005, 59th Ed., Vol. 1, A-L.

From the guide to the John Hope Franklin Papers, 1889-1998 and undated, bulk 1970-1998, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
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