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Blogs Cliopatria Farewell to John Hope Franklin

Mar 25, 2009

Farewell to John Hope Franklin

by Cliopatria

At 94, John Hope Franklin died today in Durham, North Carolina, of congestive heart failure. He was a pioneer in African American history, a distinguished historian, and a gentleman. His death occurs on the eve of the Organization of American Historians' convention in Seattle.