from The Root
John Hope, the Prince Who Refused the Kingdom
By Henry Louis Gates Jr.
For decades, John Hope Franklin 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 grateful.
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The Living Link That Expired
By Mark Anthony Neal
Black intellectuals remember the late John Hope Franklin, the courtly gentleman scholar who connected generations of black thought.
John Hope, the Prince Who Refused the Kingdom
By Henry Louis Gates Jr.
For decades, John Hope Franklin 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 grateful.
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The Living Link That Expired
By Mark Anthony Neal
Black intellectuals remember the late John Hope Franklin, the courtly gentleman scholar who connected generations of black thought.
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