RALEIGH, N.C. – Dr. John Hope Franklin, who chronicled the South and gave
definition to the African-American experience, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure. He was 94.
Franklin was considered one of the most influential historians of the 20th century. His book From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (2 Vols. in 1)
first published in 1947, was a seminal work on African- American history and has sold 3.5 million copies.
His scholarship helped ensure that no American history book could be complete without the story of African-Americans, and that America had to confront the reality of slavery and segregation in its past.
Read the full article in the March 27, 2009 edition of the Florida Courier.
Read the article and obituary for Dr. Franklin in the March 25, 2009 edition of The Washington Post.
