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    John Hope Franklin

    1915-01-03 (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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    From Swastika to Jim Crow
    0 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Documentary, History

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    Charlie Rose
    56 %|Sep 30, 1991
    Talk