Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
6
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-01-03
Day of Death
2009-03-25 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
Professor John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin
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.
