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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Passing: John Hope Franklin, Scholar of African-American History (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By ANDREW L. YARROW
Published: March 25, 2009

John Hope Franklin, a prolific scholar of African-American history who profoundly influenced thinking about slavery and Reconstruction while helping to further the civil rights struggle, died Wednesday in Durham, N.C. He was 94.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26franklin.html?ref=obituaries

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