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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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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".

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…

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. …

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced its list of the eleven most endangered historic places in the U.S. The speakers focused on the home of Dr. Carter Woodson in Washington…

Winners of the Lincoln Prize talked about their books on Abraham Lincoln or the field of Civil War history, encouraged students in their study of American history, and answered audience ques…