John Hope Franklin

Acting

1915-01-03

Died: 2009-03-25

Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA

Films

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

3 credits

2000From Swastika to Jim Crowas John Hope Franklin 1997The Middle Passageas Self 1997First Person Singular: John Hope Franklinas Himself