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    Black Migration and National Park Service

    Officials from the National Park Service and preservation organizations talked about how historically black sites help to tell the story of African American migration. They also argued for a…

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    From Slavery to Freedom

    John Franklin spoke about his book From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African-Americans, published by Knopf. The book provides an account of the African-American experience from their ori…

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    My Life and an Era: Buck Colbert Franklin

    Professor Franklin and his son, John Whittington Franklin talked about the book they co-edited, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin. The book is about the life of …

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    In Depth with John Hope Franklin

    John Hope Franklin was interviewed about his life, his career, and his body of work. He also responded to viewer telephone calls. Professor Franklin has served as president of the America…

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    Mirror to America

    Professor Franklin talked about his newest book, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He described his life and education, and …

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    African-American Heroes

    Mr. Franklin talked about some African Americans who had had an influence on him.

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    Black History and Abraham Lincoln

    Professor Franklin talked about his 50-year career teaching about Lincoln and African American history. He spoke about stripping away the baggage and sentiment surrounding Lincoln and findin…

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    BookTV In Depth Vignettes

    In Depth focused on the lives and writings of numerous authors. Authors included Shelby Foote, Ray Kurzweil, Taylor Branch, John Hope Franklin, David Lewis, Shelby Steele, Harold Holzer, Nel…

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    John Hope Franklin Vignette

    A video clip was shown of an earlier interview of Professor Franklin in his North Carolina home.

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    Federal Role in Race and Reconstruction

    The panelists discussed federal efforts to effect change relating to race relations, as well as issues relating to race during periods of reconstruction. They provided historical perspective…

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    Duke University Commencement Address

    John Hope Franklin delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Duke University. The emeritus professor of history at Duke and well-known scholar of African-American history…

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    Making History: John Hope Franklin and Rita Dove

    John Hope Franklin and Rita Dove read from their works, followed by a conversation between them on personal and cultural history and African American existence. They also responded to audien…

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    Mirror to America

    Inside the House Chamber of the Texas State Capitol, Professor Franklin talked about his book Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin, published by Farrar, Straus and Gir…

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    Mirror to America

    Professor Franklin talked about his book, Mirror to America: The autobiography of John Hope Franklin, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He spoke about his life experiences and his sea…

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    The 135th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address

    Tina Grim, Vice President of the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, read a letter from Tom Brokaw, NBC News, explaining that he could not attend since he was covering the impeachment procee…

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    In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South

    John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger talked about their book In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South, published by Oxford University Press. The book told the sto…

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    The Vintage Years

    Author/Historian Dr. John Hope Franklin will talk about his life work and his upcoming biography, The Vintage Years. He is in Washington, D.C. this week to address the Association of African…

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    Speech Excerpt

    An excerpt of a presentation to preview a BookTV program of John Hope Franklin and his book "From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans".

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    Vintage Years

    Dr. John Hope Franklin read the opening chapters of his forthcoming autobiography titled The Vintage Years to be published by Amistad Press, a unit of HarperCollins. Each chapter begins with…

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    National Book Festival Gala

    President and Mrs. Bush attended the National Book Festival Gala in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. President Bush did not speak at the event. …

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