Biography
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.
Filmography
all 11
self 8
Movies 7
TV Shows 4
Producer 1
Self - Historian
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
TV
Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 12/1/05)
Charlie Rose (1991)
TV
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-01-03
Deathday
2009-03-25 (94 years old)
Birth Place
Rentiesville, United States
Father
Buck Colbert Franklin
Citizenships
United States
Residences
Durham · Oklahoma · Tulsa, United States, Rentiesville, United States of America
Also Known As
Professor John Hope Franklin
Awards
honorary doctor of the University of Miami, North Carolina Award for Literature, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship, Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Humanities Medal, Kluge Prize, Spingarn Medal, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Helmerich Award, Jefferson Lecture, Lincoln Prize, St. Louis Literary Award, Bruce Catton Prize, Charles Frankel Prize
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