John Hope Franklin
January 3, 1915 (109 years old) in 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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- 2000 · From Swastika to Jim Crow as John Hope Franklin
- 1997 · First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin as Himself
- 1991 · Charlie Rose as Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 12/1/05)