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(1915-2009) Historian, author. John Hope Franklin was chairman of the history department at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, from 1956 to 1964.

Full Name

John Hope Franklin

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


1915

BIRTH

John Hope Franklin was born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, in 1915.

1943

LITWORK

The Free Negro In North Carolina, 1790-1860
University of North Carolina Press.

Nonfiction.

1947

LITWORK

From Slavery To Freedom: A History Of African-Americans
Alfred A. Knopf.

Nonfiction.

1956

LITWORK

The Militant South, 1800-1861
Belknap.

Nonfiction.

1956

OTHER

Franklin taught at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, from 1956 to 1964, where he was chairman of the history department.

1961

LITWORK

Reconstruction After the Civil War
University of Chicago Press.

Nonfiction.

1963

LITWORK

The Emancipation Proclamation
Doubleday.

Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North
Louisiana State University Press.

Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

Racial Equality In America
University of Chicago Press.

Nonfiction.

1985

LITWORK

George Washington Williams: A Biography
University of Chicago Press.

Biography.

1990

LITWORK

Race and History: Selected Essays 1938-1988
Louisiana State University Press.

Collection of essays.

1993

LITWORK

The Color Line: Legacy to the Twenty-first Century
University of Missouri Press.

Nonfiction.

2009

DEATH

John Hope Franklin died in Durham, North Carolina, in 2009.

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