The Dr. John Hope Franklin Awards: Page 3

About this award: In recognition of Dr. John Hope Franklin’s extraordinary career as a historian, scholar and social activist, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education each year presents an award in his name for individuals and organizations that have expanded access to and created opportunity in American higher education as well as produced exemplary scholarship and research.

Now that DNA evidence conclusively proves the third U.S. president fathered the child of a slave, scholars weigh in on what it means for the discipline of American History

Now that DNA evidence conclusively proves the third U.S. president fathered the child of a slave, scholars weigh in on what it means for the discipline of American History

July 14, 2007

BI What’s New

Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Documentation is hosting an exhibit titled, “Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South.”

July 14, 2007

Race board finds consensus elusive on public schools – President’s Advisory Board on Race

WASHINGTON The President’s Advisory Board on Race recently found that no national discussion on race in public schools is complete without conservatives invoking the controversial issue of education vouchers for poor children.

July 11, 2007

Higher education groups announce campaign to support race initiative

Miami Two leading national higher education organizations have announced a year-long campaign to encourage the nation’s colleges and universities to launch activities in support of U.S. President Bill Clinton’s national dialogue on race relations.

July 11, 2007

Ford Fellows Fund established to increase minority participation in Ph.D. program

At the 1993 annual conference of minority recipients of the Ford Foundation’s Fellowship Fund for doctoral candidates and graduates, Dr. Bai Akridge asked this question of the participants: “If we’ve agreed that this program is so important to us, why aren’t we doing something to help ourselves, too?”

July 10, 2007

Fisk Seeks Court’s Permission to Sell Prized Paintings

Lawyers for Fisk University and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum early this month were working to hammer out an agreement…

February 21, 2007

John Hope Franklin Publishes Memoirs of Life

These days, Dr. John Hope Franklin spends more time in the greenhouse with his collection of 300 orchids than in library stacks…

November 16, 2005

John Hope Franklin Writes Memoir of a Life

These days, Dr. John Hope Franklin spends more time in the greenhouse with his collection of 300 orchids behind his home than in library stacks…

October 27, 2005

The End of An Era, But Not the End of the Struggle Black Issues In Higher Education Transitions to DIVERSE

For Frank Matthews, publisher and editor in chief of Black Issues In Higher Education, and Bill Cox, president and CEO… Story:

August 16, 2005

The End of An Era, But Not the End of the Struggle Black Issues In Higher Education Transitions to DIVERSE

For Frank Matthews, publisher and editor in chief of Black Issues In Higher Education, and Bill Cox, president and CEO, the journey from Black Issues to DIVERSE began more than 20 years ago… Story:

August 10, 2005

Oklahoma Race Riot Memorial to be Named for John Hope Franklin

Oklahoma Race Riot Memorial to be Named for John Hope FranklinTULSA, Okla. A planned memorial to Tulsa’s 1921 race riot will be named in honor of internationally acclaimed historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin, who is a native of Rentiesville and spent much of his youth in Tulsa. The committee in charge of designing […]

January 12, 2005

2004: A Year in Review

2004: A Year in Review The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and, of course, the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were just two of the events that dominated the headlines in 2004. Throughout the year, colleges and universities, as well as other educational institutions across the country, commemorated the Supreme Court’s landmark […]

December 29, 2004

Phalaenopsis John Hope Franklin

Phalaenopsis John Hope FranklinOrchids have been revered by royalty for centuries, collected rabidly by 18th-century enthusiasts and cultivated by those entranced by the flowering plant’s fragrant beauty. It was in 1959 that orchids first captured the attention of renowned historian Dr. John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, who […]

September 22, 2004

The Scholar-Activists of Brown

The Scholar-Activists of BrownScholars reflect on the intellectual contributions to the historic desegregation case When asked by Thurgood Marshall during the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case to join a team of scholars to answer questions posed by the U.S. Supreme Court about the intent of the framers of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, […]

May 19, 2004

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’It is no surprise that college campuses, as microcosms of society, have become prey to the increased violence in our world. However, it is extremely disturbing to hear the stories of young students attacked, assaulted, raped, and even killed while matriculating at institutions of higher learning, once considered one […]

May 5, 2004

Duke University Press Books Win Hurston/Wright Award

Duke University Press Books Win Hurston/Wright AwardDURHAM, N.C.Two Duke University Press books won top honors in the 2003 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards. The authors of the nonfiction books, both of which were published under the John Hope Franklin Center imprint, were honored last month at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.First prize went to Forgotten Readers: Recovering […]

November 5, 2003

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.Smithsonian exhibit highlights Mali’s intellectual roots, cultural traditionsBy Phaedra Brotherton WASHINGTONAn important center of learning where Islamic and West African scholars met and attracted thousands of students around West Africa to come and study, Timbuktu has recently become a major area of academic study. And Washington’s Smithsonian Institution hopes to introduce […]

June 18, 2003

Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students

May 7, 2003

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