http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_739_Dr_Franklin.mp3 Dr. John Hope Franklin has passed away. We hear some of the stories from his long and distinguished life. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_739_Dr_Franklin.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_739_Dr_Franklin.mp3 <h4>Remembering DR. Franklin<br /></h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/fdada3ed91c1e2b54b916824ee01e4ec" alt="John Hope Franklin" height="100" width="100" />John Hope Franklin</p><p>Dr. John Hope Franklin passed away yesterday in Durham, N.C. He was born in 1915 to an America still divided by race. Throughout his childhood and early education, his mother and father taught him the value of service, discipline, and hard work as the best way to rise above discrimination. He grew up to become one of this nation's most respected African American scholars.</p><p>We look back at Dr. Franklin's remarkable life and take stock of the great changes he had a hand in bringing about.</p><ul><li>See <a title="John Hope Franklin's Greenhouse" href="resolveuid/465469a3d6cd367cf435d0ebc3be9f84" target="_self">John Hope Franklin in his greenhouse</a></li><li>Music in this story: Knowest Thou The Land from the opera Mignon;  Oh Freedom performed by Dominique Fauchard for the album Piano Spirituals : La Magie Des Plus Beaux Negro Spirituals Au Piano<br /></li></ul><br /><h4><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></h4> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:00:00