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Aliases: Professor John Hope Franklin

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA

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Movie Involvements: 2

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Biography

John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association. Franklin is best known for his work From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, and continually updated. More than three million copies have been sold. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

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The Rise of the Industrial Giants
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Acting

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2000 John Hope Franklin
1997 Himself
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1967 Producer
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