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| US historian Franklin dies at 94 | US historian Franklin dies at 94 |
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| The US historian John Hope Franklin, a pioneering scholar of black American history, has died at the age of 94. | The US historian John Hope Franklin, a pioneering scholar of black American history, has died at the age of 94. |
| His 1947 book From Slavery to Freedom is regarded as a landmark volume of black American history, and remains on US school syllabuses. | His 1947 book From Slavery to Freedom is regarded as a landmark volume of black American history, and remains on US school syllabuses. |
| Mr Franklin, born and raised in an all-black community in Oklahoma, helped in the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education case against racial segregation. | Mr Franklin, born and raised in an all-black community in Oklahoma, helped in the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education case against racial segregation. |
| He was also the first black president of the American Historical Association. | He was also the first black president of the American Historical Association. |
| I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world John Hope Franklin in 2005 | I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world John Hope Franklin in 2005 |
| "It was evident how much the lawyers appreciated what the historians could offer," Mr Franklin once wrote about his contribution to the 1954 case. "For me, and I suspect the same was true for the others, it was exhilarating." | "It was evident how much the lawyers appreciated what the historians could offer," Mr Franklin once wrote about his contribution to the 1954 case. "For me, and I suspect the same was true for the others, it was exhilarating." |
| Mr Franklin was the first black department chair at a predominantly white institution, Brooklyn College as well as the first black professor to hold an endowed chair at Duke University. | Mr Franklin was the first black department chair at a predominantly white institution, Brooklyn College as well as the first black professor to hold an endowed chair at Duke University. |
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| His book delved into the important contribution African-Americans had made to the nation right back to its very founding - he pointed out that black patriots had fought in the War of Independence and had accompanied George Washington on his march across the Delaware. | His book delved into the important contribution African-Americans had made to the nation right back to its very founding - he pointed out that black patriots had fought in the War of Independence and had accompanied George Washington on his march across the Delaware. |
| Often exasperated by the state of America, he refused to give up on the country. | Often exasperated by the state of America, he refused to give up on the country. |
| "I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world, a better place to live," he told The Associated Press in 2005. | "I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world, a better place to live," he told The Associated Press in 2005. |