Hall of Fame Inductee
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Fisk University
About
John Hope Franklin, a Fisk University historian, wrote From Slavery to Freedom, the book that taught African American history to generations of students. He taught at Brooklyn College, the University of Chicago, and Duke, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Accomplishments
Author of From Slavery to Freedom (1947).
President of the American Historical Association.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2006.
Year of award
2006
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Lifetime Achievement.