John Hope Franklin

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John H. Franklin

John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915 in Rentiesville , Oklahoma , † March 25, 2009 in Durham , North Carolina ) was an American historian and president of the American Historical Association and professor of history at Duke University . He became known for his work From Slavery to Freedom , published in 1947 . In 1995 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian honor the United States can bestow. Franklin was married to Aurelia Whittington.

Life

Franklin was born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma and was named after John Hope (1868-1936). He graduated from Fisk University in 1935 and earned a doctorate in history from Harvard University in 1941 .

In the early 1950s, Franklin served with the Thurgood Marshall- led NAACP Legal Defense Team . It helped draft the lawsuit that led to the 1954 United States Supreme Court ruling ending legal segregation of black and white children in public schools.

From 1947 to 1956 he taught at Howard University and from 1956 to 1964 he presided over the history department of Brooklyn College . From 1964 to 1982 he served in the history department at the University of Chicago , from 1967 to 1970 as chairman, and from 1969 to 1982 as John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor . In 1983 Franklin was named the James B. Duke Professor of History at Duke University , and in 1985 he became a retired professor. Franklin was also Professor of Legal History at Duke University Law School from 1985 to 1992 .

He was elected to the Fulbright Study Abroad Committee from 1962 to 1969 and was its chairman from 1966 to 1969. In 1980 he took part in the UNESCO General Conference in Belgrade as a member of the US delegation.

Prizes and awards

In 1964 Franklin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Since 1973 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society .

In 2002 Asante listed him in its list of the "100 Greatest African Americans". 2006 Franklin became the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at the 171st Commencement Exercises of Lafayette College awarded. That same year, Franklin became the third recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement, Study of Mankind. He shared the award with Yu Ying-shih . Also in 2006, the American Philosophical Society awarded him their Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Public Service .

General services

Franklin was President of the American Historical Association (1979), the American Studies Association (1967), the Southern Historical Association (1970), the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa (1973-76), and the Organization of American. He has served on the board of trustees at Fisk University, the Chicago Public Library, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

Franklin was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Greek-digit fraternity founded for African Americans. He was an early beneficiary of the Student Union's Foundation Publishers , which provides financial assistance and membership for writers.

Books (selection)

  • The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1943, 1995.
  • The diary of James T. Ayers, Civil War recruiter ed., With introd., By John Franklin. Springfield; State of Illinois, 1947.
  • From Slavery to Freedom. A History of African Americans , 1st ed. New York: AA Knopf, 1947. Last update with Alfred Moss, 8th ed. McGraw-Hill Education, 2001, ISBN 0-07-112058-0 , German From slavery to freedom. The History of Blacks in the USA , Berlin: Ullstein, 1999 - More than 3 million copies of this book have been sold. It has had a lasting impact on the image of African American history.
  • The militant South, 1800-1861. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1956; 1st Illinois pbk. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002.
  • Reconstruction: after the Civil War. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
  • The Emancipation proclamation. 1st ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963; 2nd ed.Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1993.
  • Land of the free; a history of the United States , by John W. Caughey, John Hope Franklin and Ernest R. May. Educational advisers: Richard M. Clowes and Alfred T. Clark, Jr. Rev. New York: Benziger Bros., 1966.
  • The Negro in Twentieth Century America: A Reader on the Struggle for Civil Rights , by John Hope Franklin & Isidore Starr. New York: Vintage Books, 1967.
  • Color and race. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
  • The Historian and Public Policy, by John Hope Franklin. Chicago: University of Chicago, Center for Policy Study, c1974.
  • Racial Equality in America, by John Hope Franklin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1976.
  • A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North. by John Hope Franklin. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1976.
  • Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century, edited by John Hope Franklin and August Meier. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1982.
  • George Washington Williams: a Biography, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985; Reprint, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998.
  • Race and History: Selected Essays 1938-1988, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1989.
  • The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin , edited by Eric Anderson & Alfred A. Moss, Jr. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1991.
  • The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century, John Hope Franklin. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, c1993.
  • Racial Equality in America, by John Hope Franklin. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1993.
  • My Life and an Era: the Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin edited by John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1997, 2000.
  • Runaway Slaves : Rebels on the Plantation, John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Mirror to America . The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin . Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005, ISBN 0-374-29944-7

reference

Paul Finkelman, "John Hope Franklin," in Robert Allen Rutland, ed. "Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000" U of Missouri Press. (2000) pp. 49-67

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Hope on georgiaencyclopedia.org
  2. ^ Member History: John Hope Franklin. American Philosophical Society, accessed August 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Franklin, John Hope
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian, President of the American Historical Association
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Rentiesville , Oklahoma , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2009
Place of death Durham , North Carolina , USA