Central Park in Durham in Durham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

John Hope Franklin

January 2, 1915 - March 25, 2009

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023

1. John Hope Franklin Marker

Inscription. 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. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Dr. Franklin had strong links to Durham. He taught at North Carolina College for Negroes, now North Carolina Central University, from 1943 to 1947. He was appointed James B. Duke Professor of History at Duke University in 1983 and two years later took emeritus status from this position. He helped to establish the Durham Literacy Center in 1985 and served on its board until his death in 2009. Franklin was also Professor of Legal History at the Duke University Law School from 1985 to 1992.

Erected 2022 by Museum of Durham History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is March 25, 1915.

Location. 36° 0.079′ N,

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78° 54.136′ W. Marker is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is in Central Park. It is on Roney Street south of West Corporation Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in a garden area by where Roney Street becomes pedestrian-only. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Durham NC 27701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and in the Research Triangle.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bullington Warehouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); From Bus Station to Museum (approx. 0.3 miles away); Durham’s Urban Renewal (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Freight Depot (approx. 0.3 miles away);

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 31, 2023

2. John Hope Franklin Marker

The Globe Warehouse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Five Points Loan Company (approx. 0.3 miles away); Emanuel J. Evans, 1907-1997, and Sara N. Evans, 1905-1986 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Visionary Leadership in the New South (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Durham.

Also see . . .
1. John Hope Franklin. He was at the forefront of some of the biggest turning points in the nation's civil rights history. In 1953, he helped NAACP lawyers with research for the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation case. In 1965, he joined a group of historians who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery. (Charlotte Observer, March 25, 2009, reposted on Legacy.com) (Submitted on September 13, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. John Hope Franklin. Wikipedia entry on the noted historian, whose work presented and preserved history from the African American prespective. (Submitted on September 13, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) image. Click for full size.

White House Photographer's Office via Internet Archive (Public Domain), 1998

3. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 277 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 13, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.