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I was very impressed by his

Viper 123 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:21:11 +0000

I was very impressed by his work from the moment I started reading it. In my opinion, one of the key aspects of a great historian is that they are simultaneously great teachers.

John Hope Franklin was the standard for American historical scholarly endeavor in my opinion. He lived a great life and was a great man.

Nice. Thanks for the post

GTFOOH — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:00:56 +0000

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Nice. Thanks for the post Oleeb!

Thanks for this post. I was

CT Voter — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:27:28 +0000

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Thanks for this post.

I was very sorry to hear of his passing.

It's not "better"

Jade7243 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:54:31 +0000

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It's not "better" information, just different information, said a different way. I appreciate that Oleeb recognized Mr. Franklin's passing also, and thank him for his words.

We all "come at history" from varying perspectives: some of us have curiosity to know what happened before and maybe figure out why. Some of us need to better know who we are and where we can go. Some of us read it because someone else told us to, an obligation to fulfill before moving on other things that interest us more.

There was a time when the accomplishments of black Americans were deliberately and purposefully overlooked. Mr. Franklin changed that in "mainstream" history classes.

My suggestion is go to the Duke University website to get just a taste of who John Hope Franklin was and what he did.

But Oleeb, your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

I was very sad to hear that

BevD — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:06:42 +0000

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I was very sad to hear that too, Oleeb.

See Jade 7243's post on John

oleeb — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:52:41 +0000

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See Jade 7243's post on John Hope Franklin for more and better information on this great man:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/jade7243/2009/03/john-hope-franklin-american.php?ref=reccafe