John Hope Franklin Wins John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity
John Hope Franklin, author of From Slavery to Freedom, has been awarded the John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity. He will share this award with historian Yu Ying-shih. The Kluge Prize rewards lifetime achievement in the study of humanity with focus on disciplines not recognized by Nobel prizes. Such disciplines include history, philosophy, politics, anthropology, sociology, religion, criticism in the arts and humanities, and linguistics.
