African-American historian John Hope Franklin dies aged 94

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African-American historian John Hope Franklin dies aged 94

Mar 26 2009

John Hope Franklin, a prolific scholar of African-American history who profoundly influenced thinking about slavery and Reconstruction while helping to further the civil rights struggle, died Wednesday in Durham, N.C. He was 94.

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