John Hope Franklin Collection for African and African-American Documentation
About the Collection
The John Hope Franklin Collection is a repository for African and African American studies documentation and an educational outreach division of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Founded in November 1995 with the support of its namesake, the distinguished historian John Hope Franklin, the Collection seeks to collect, preserve, and promote the use of library materials bearing on the history of Africa and people of African descent.
News Announcements
October 8, 2008 Lea Wernick Fridman in conversation with John Hope Franklin, John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM. Noted historian John Hope Franklin will talk with holocaust studies scholar Lea Wernick Fridman about the life and work of George Washington Williams, an African American writer, historian, legislator, and pioneer of the keystone human rights concept of "crimes against humanity." Franklin is the author of George Washington Williams: A Biography, winner of the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize, which traces Franklin's forty-year quest to find information about Williams.
Event is free and open to the public. Lunch provided. Parking vouchers for the medical deck are available at the event.
June 5, 2008 The Duke University Office of News & Communications features a video link of Dr. John Hope Franklin’s reaction to the presidential nomination of Sen. Barack Obama.
April 16, 2008 Uzodinma Iweala will lead a reading and discussion on his Beasts of No Nation in the Gothic Bookshop, Bryan University Center, 4:30 PM. Jointly sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Collection, The Department of English, Center for International Studies, and the Undergraduate Research Support Office, Trinity College. More information...
Newsletter Archive
A picture is worth a thousand words. Chuck Stone (r), pictured with author James Baldwin and James Farmer, first national director of CORE (left). Read about it in the latest newsletter.
Black Voices, The John Hope Franklin Collection Newsletter, is published each semester to keep the public informed about activities, recent acquisitions, and other news related to the John Hope Franklin Collection. Recent issues are available on-line and by mail. Contact us to join the newsletter mailing list, or browse issues of the newsletter.
Franklin Collection acquires Darlene Clark Hine Papers
The John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African American Documentation is pleased to announce its most recent acquisition, the Darlene Clark Hine Papers. A leading historian of the African American experience, Professor Hine is currently the Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Prior to working at Northwestern, she was the John A. Hannah Professor of American History at Michigan State University. While at Michigan State, Professor Hine was able to establish a new doctoral field in Comparative African American History. Known for her pioneering work in African American Women’s studies, Hine was co-editor of a two-volume book entitled Black Women in America (New York, 2005). She has been author or editor for more than fifteen books on topics related to African Americans and women. In addition, Dr. Hine has received many honors including induction into the American Academy of Arts and Science, fellowships at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the National Humanities Center, as well as a Special Achievement award from Kent State University.
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