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    2009-03-25

    1915-01-03111 years, 10 months, and 8 days old

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    Place of birth:

    Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA

    Adult:

    No

    Gender:

    Male

    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.

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    Best Credits: 4

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    First Person Singular:...

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    From Swastika to Jim Crow

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    Ships of Slaves: The...

    6.5

    American Experience

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    First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin
    Himself
    10
    1997-01-01
    0.5064
    From Swastika to Jim Crow
    John Hope Franklin
    7
    2000-01-01
    0.55
    Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage
    Self
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    1997-12-11
    0.8361
    American Experience
    6.5
    1988-10-04
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