JF
John Hope Franklin
Actor
Born January 3, 1915Died March 25, 2009 (94 years)
John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) 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. Franklin is best known for his work From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, and continually updated. More than three million copies have been sold. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Filmography
| 2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV Series) · as Self - Historian |
| 2007 | The War (TV Series) · as Self - Resident Of Oklahoma |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | From Swastika to Jim Crow · as John Hope Franklin |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Middle Passage · as Self |
| 1997 | Thomas Jefferson (TV Series) · as Self - Historian |
| 1996 | A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1972 | Bill Moyers Journal (TV Series) · as Self - University Of Chicago |
| 1955 | The Open Mind (TV Series) · as Self |