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If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.

John Hope Franklin

A color-blind society eludes us. For one reason, we have not sought diligently and contentiously to pursue it. It is one thing to mouth the words, but it is quite another to perform the deeds.

John Hope Franklin

The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy as well as private relationships. There is nothing more remarkable than the ingenuity that the various demarcations of the color line reflect. If only the same creative energy could be used to eradicate the color line; then its days would indeed be numbered.

John Hope Franklin

It was never any different. It has been the same since 1619. That was when the first ships arrived from West Africa with blacks on them. We got off to a bad start right then!

John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin

Born: January 2, 1915

Died: March 25, 2009 (aged 94)

Bio: John Hope Franklin was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association.

Known for:

From slavery to freedom (1947)
Mirror to America (2005)
Runaway slaves (1999)
Reconstruction after the Civil War (1961)
The militant South, 1800-1861 (1956)

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