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John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915–March 25, 2009) was James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at Duke University, and was for seven years Professor of Legal History at Duke University Law School. He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to him by President Clinton. He is the author of many books on African-American history, including The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century (1993) and Race and History (1989). His pioneering textbook, From Slavery to Freedom, has been the foundation work of African-American... Read More
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From Slavery to Freedom
A History of African Americans (Eighth Edition)
Written by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 11, 2000
Price: $75.00
This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the experiences of African Americans from the time they left Africa to their continued struggle for equality at the end of the twentieth century.
Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to Freedom has stood as the definitive history of African Americans. Coauthors... Read more >
A History of African Americans (Eighth Edition)
Written by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 11, 2000
Price: $75.00
This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the experiences of African Americans from the time they left Africa to their continued struggle for equality at the end of the twentieth century.
Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to Freedom has stood as the definitive history of African Americans. Coauthors... Read more >
