Category Archives: Franklin, John Hope
Envisioning the Future
A talk about the leadership prospects for the next generation of African-Americans. 752 – Envisioning the Future
African Americans Part 1
John Hope Franklin discusses his latest book, Race and History (Louisiana State University Press). Franklin Knight discusses the origins of African-American culture in the New World. 540 – African Americans Part 1
From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 4
Clayborne Carson is the author of In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s (Harvard University Press) and, with David Garrow, the editor of Eyes on the Prize, America’s Civil Rights Years: A Reader and Guide (Penguin Books). … Continue reading
Politics in the American South, Part 2 of 2
John Hope Franklin, Dewey Grantham, William Havard, and Edwin Yoder consider the extent to which politics in the American South is a peculiar expression of society. How has the shape of southern politics evolved in the mid-twentieth century, and with … Continue reading
Stalking George Washington Williams
John Hope Franklin speaks about his biography of George Washington Williams and shares details about his life as a civic leader, public servant, and critic of European imperialism in Africa during the late nineteenth century. Franklin describes Williams’s visionary ideas … Continue reading