Thursday, March 26, 2009

John Hope Franklin, 1915-2009 - Washington Post

What is "is" ? Tellin' it like it is.
John Hope Franklin, 1915-2009
Historian Helped Blaze a Civil Rights Path

John Hope Franklin, left, who was thrust into a role as


social activist, speaks with President Bill Clinton, right, and members of the race advisory board. (White House) Franklin knew many famed figures of the black struggle in the 1950s and '60s, including Martin Luther King Jr. A lifelong academic, Franklin wrote works that remain staples on college reading lists. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (By Katherine Frey -- The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR2009032503905.html?hpid=artslot

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