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 9
self 8
Movies 5
TV Shows 4
Interviewee / Historian
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008)
Movie
Self
From Swastika to Jim Crow (2000)
Movie
Self
The Great Depression (1998)
TV
Self - Historian
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
TV
Self
First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin (1997)
Movie
Self
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (1996)
Movie
Self
The Great Depression (1993)
TV
Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 12/1/05)
Charlie Rose (1991)
TV
Self
Long Shadows (1987)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1915-01-03
Deathday2009-03-25 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceOklahoma, United States of America
FatherBuck Colbert Franklin
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesTulsa · Oklahoma · Durham, United States of America
Also Known AsProfessor John Hope Franklin
AwardsJefferson Lecture, Helmerich Award, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, North Carolina Award for Literature, Charles Frankel Prize, St. Louis Literary Award, Lincoln Prize, National Humanities Medal, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kluge Prize, Spingarn Medal, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
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