Quote by: John Hope Franklin

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Hope Franklin
  • DescriptionAmerican historian
  • BornJanuary 2, 1915
  • DiedMarch 25, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Lincoln Prize; Spingarn Medal; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; National Humanities Medal