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Scholar Who Lived Black History Dead at 94

John Hope Franklin embodied black history

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Mar 26, 2009 8:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Influential historian John Hope Franklin died yesterday at 94. The author of a seminal book on race, Franklin was born and raised in an all-black community in Oklahoma, marched in Selma, and assisted on a Brown v. Board of Education brief. "He managed to...   Read full story »

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