• Black intellectuals remember the late John Hope Franklin, the courtly gentleman scholar who connected generations of black thought.

    The Living Link That Expired
  • He railed against the often segregated academic field of ‘black studies,’ deriding it as intellectual Jim Crow. But there would be no black studies without him, and for that, I am eternally thankful.

    John Hope, the Prince Who Refused the Kingdom
  • The renowned historian, author and professor at Duke University died Wednesday at the age of 94.

    Remembering John Hope Franklin
  • Esteemed historian reacts to a historic race, one he never believed he would witness in his lifetime.

    John Hope Franklin on an Obama Presidency
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