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Oklahoma Race Riot Memorial to be Named for John Hope Franklin

Oklahoma Race Riot Memorial to be Named for John Hope FranklinTULSA, Okla. A planned memorial to Tulsa’s 1921 race riot will be named in honor of internationally acclaimed historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin, who is a native of Rentiesville and spent much of his youth in Tulsa. The committee in charge of designing […]

2004: A Year in Review

2004: A Year in Review The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and, of course, the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were just two of the events that dominated the headlines in 2004. Throughout the year, colleges and universities, as well as other educational institutions across the country, commemorated the Supreme Court’s landmark […]

Phalaenopsis John Hope Franklin

Phalaenopsis John Hope FranklinOrchids have been revered by royalty for centuries, collected rabidly by 18th-century enthusiasts and cultivated by those entranced by the flowering plant’s fragrant beauty. It was in 1959 that orchids first captured the attention of renowned historian Dr. John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, who […]

The Scholar-Activists of Brown

The Scholar-Activists of BrownScholars reflect on the intellectual contributions to the historic desegregation case When asked by Thurgood Marshall during the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case to join a team of scholars to answer questions posed by the U.S. Supreme Court about the intent of the framers of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, […]

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’It is no surprise that college campuses, as microcosms of society, have become prey to the increased violence in our world. However, it is extremely disturbing to hear the stories of young students attacked, assaulted, raped, and even killed while matriculating at institutions of higher learning, once considered one […]

Duke University Press Books Win Hurston/Wright Award

Duke University Press Books Win Hurston/Wright AwardDURHAM, N.C.Two Duke University Press books won top honors in the 2003 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards. The authors of the nonfiction books, both of which were published under the John Hope Franklin Center imprint, were honored last month at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.First prize went to Forgotten Readers: Recovering […]

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.Smithsonian exhibit highlights Mali’s intellectual roots, cultural traditionsBy Phaedra Brotherton WASHINGTONAn important center of learning where Islamic and West African scholars met and attracted thousands of students around West Africa to come and study, Timbuktu has recently become a major area of academic study. And Washington’s Smithsonian Institution hopes to introduce […]

Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students

John Hope Franklin Honored for Lifetime Achievement

John Hope Franklin Honored for Lifetime AchievementNEW YORKHistorian John Hope Franklin was awarded the Gold Medal in History by the American Academy of Arts and Letters last month for his long and distinguished career as a scholar, intellectual leader and civil rights advocate. Franklin, Duke University professor emeritus, was presented with the award by historian […]

The New McCarthyism

The New McCarthyismWhat’s wrong with this picture? The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a frequent campus speaker, tells students at Harvard Law School that the United States should “build bridges and relationships, not simply bombs and walls.” Many, including the most hawkish foreign policy analysts, would agree with the generalities implicit in these sentiments, if not the […]

Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave Resistance

Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave ResistanceIn the course of human events, it sometimes becomes necessary for one people, regardless of color, gender or age, to dissolve the bonds which have connected them to another and to assume the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which nature and nature’s God entitle […]

Rap, Race and Reparations

Rap, Race and ReparationsFisk University’s Race Relations Institute is continuing its long legacy of involving itself in the day’s most pressing issues facing Blacks around the world. By David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.The news came in mid-December. Kemba Smith, the 23-year-old college student sentenced in 1995 on cocaine trafficking charges for her association with a drug-dealing boyfriend, […]

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