John Hope Franklin's Message
Against The Current vol. 140
Miah, Malik
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2155
Date Written: 2009-05-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13507
Three years ago the acclaimed historian, John Hope Franklin, who died in March at the age of 94, discussed his lifelong battle for equality and against racism. Franklin personally knew most of the major African American figures of the 20th Century — W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X -- and lived long enough to see Barack Obama be elected president.
