Oklahoma-born black history ‘cornerstone’ lost
Oklahoma -born John Hope Franklin — a "cornerstone” of black history and perhaps its greatest chronicler — died of congestive heart failure Wednesday in Durham, N.C. He was 94.
He was the James B. Duke professor emeritus at Duke University and the author of numerous books, including his major work, 1947’s "From Slavery to Freedom: The History of African-Americans,” set ...
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