Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 03, 1915
Died
Mar 25, 2009
Place of Birth
Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
5 titles
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.
