Quick Facts

• NAME: John Hope Franklin
• OCCUPATION: Educator, Historian, Journalist
• BIRTH DATE: January 02, 1915
• DEATH DATE: March 25, 2009
• EDUCATION: Fisk University, Harvard University
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Rentiesville, Oklahoma
• PLACE OF DEATH: Durham, North Carolina

Best Known For

American historian and educator John Hope Franklin is noted for his reappraisal of the American Civil War era and the importance of the black American struggle.