54-619: The Albert J. Beveridge Award is awarded by the American Historical Association (AHA) for the best English-language book on American history ( United States , Canada , or Latin America ) from 1492 to the present. It was established on a biennial basis in 1939 in memory of United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge (1862-1927) of Indiana , former secretary and longtime member of the Association, through
108-694: A festschrift The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin (edited by Eric Anderson & Alfred A. Moss Jr. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1991). Franklin served as president of the American Historical Association (1979), the American Studies Association (1967), the Southern Historical Association (1970), and the Organization of American Historians (1975). He
162-583: A historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee , then earned a master's degree in 1936 and a doctorate in history in 1941 from Harvard University . Buck Colbert Franklin was a civil rights lawyer, also known as "Amazing Buck Franklin", of African-American and Choctaw ancestry, born in the Chickasaw Nation in western Indian Territory (formerly Pickens County). He was the seventh of ten children born to David and Milley Franklin. David
216-516: A beacon towards a more just society." In 2006, he also received the John W. Kluge Prize and as the recipient lectured on the successes and failures of race relations in America in Where do We Go from Here? In 2008, Franklin endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama . Franklin died at Duke University Medical Center on the morning of March 25, 2009. In 1991, Franklin's students honored him with
270-718: A gift from his wife, Catherine Eddy Beveridge and donations from AHA members from his home state. The award has been given annually since 1945. Source: AHA American Historical Association The American Historical Association ( AHA ) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional standards, and support scholarship and innovative teaching. It publishes The American Historical Review four times annually, which features scholarly history-related articles and book reviews. AHA
324-551: A leader among academic historians. The association started to investigate cases of professional misconduct in 1987, but ceased the effort in 2005 "because it has proven to be ineffective for responding to misconduct in the historical profession." Presidents of the AHA are elected annually and give a president's address at the annual meeting: John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009)
378-479: A major journal of history scholarship covering all historical topics since ancient history and Perspectives on History , the monthly news magazine of the profession. In 2006 the AHA started a blog focused on the latest happenings in the broad discipline of history and the professional practice of the craft that draws on the staff, research, and activities of the AHA. The association's annual meeting each January brings together more than 5,000 historians from around
432-562: A period when the free concourse of ideas in the academy will have a price put upon it. In the final years of an active teaching career, I will have John Hope Franklin's example of high scholarship, great courage and civic activism. From 1964 through 1968, Franklin was a professor of history at the University of Chicago , and chair of the department from 1967 to 1970. He was named to the endowed position of John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor, which he held from 1969 to 1982. He
486-600: A strong professional black life in the West, at a time when such accomplishments would have been more difficult to achieve in the Deep South. "My challenge," Franklin said, "was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly." In his autobiography, Franklin has described a series of formative incidents in which he confronted racism while seeking to volunteer his services at
540-427: Is led to look at matters historically, has some mental equipment for a comprehension of the political and social problems that will confront him in everyday life, and has received practical preparation for social adaptation and for forceful participation in civic activities.... The pupil should see the growth of the institutions which surround him; he should see the work of men; he should study the living concrete facts of
594-437: Is the first Black woman to hold that post. From its founding, the association was largely managed by historians employed at colleges and universities, and served a critical role in defining their interests as a profession. The association's first president, Andrew Dickson White , was president of Cornell University , and its first secretary, Herbert Baxter Adams , established one of the first history Ph.D. programs to follow
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#1732776086975648-498: Is the major learned society for historians working in the United States, while the Organization of American Historians is a field society for historians who study and teach about the United States. The AHA's congressional charter of 1889, established it "for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history, and of history in America." AHA operates as an umbrella organization for
702-485: Is titled "Equality Indivisible" and discusses the 20th century. In 2005, at the age of 90, Franklin published and lectured on his new autobiography, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin . In 2006, Mirror to America received the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Book Award, which is given annually to honor authors "whose writing, in illuminating past or present injustice, acts as
756-407: Is typically a collaborative effort, does not necessarily rely on primary research, is more democratic in participation, and does not aspire to absolute "scientific" objectivity. Historical museums, documentary editing, heritage movements and historical preservation are considered public history. Though activities now associated with public history originated in the AHA, these activities separated out in
810-831: The Chicago History Museum "Making History Award" for Distinction in Historical Scholarship. In 1996, Franklin received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement . In 1997, Franklin was selected to receive the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award , a career literary award given annually by the Tulsa Library Trust. Franklin was the first (and so far only) native Oklahoman to receive
864-640: The Duke University Law School from 1985 to 1992. Racial Equality in America is the published lecture series that Franklin presented in 1976 for the Jefferson Lecture sponsored by the National Endowment for Humanities. The book is composed of three lectures, given in three different cities, in which Franklin chronicled the history of race in the United States from revolutionary times to 1976. These lectures explore
918-708: The John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies , which opened in February 2001 and the Franklin Humanities Institute . Franklin had previously rejected Duke's offer to name a center for African-American Studies after him, saying that he was a historian of America and the world, too. In 1973, Franklin was elected to the American Philosophical Society . In 1975, he
972-613: The Presidential Medal of Freedom , the nation's highest civilian honor. Born in Oklahoma , Franklin attended Fisk University and then Harvard University , receiving his doctorate in 1941. He was a professor at Howard University , and in 1956 was named to head the history department at Brooklyn College , part of the City University of New York. Recruited to the University of Chicago in 1964, he eventually led
1026-661: The Pulitzer Prize for history, said that while he was deciding to become a historian, he learned that Franklin, his mentor, had been named departmental chairman at Brooklyn College. Now that certainly is a distinction. It had never happened before that a person of color had chaired a major history department. That meant a lot to me. If I had doubt about (the) viability of a career in history, that example certainly helped put to rest such concerns. In researching his prize-winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois , Lewis said he became aware of Franklin's courage during that period in
1080-465: The 1930s due to differences in methodology, focus, and purpose. The foundations of public history were laid on the middle ground between academic history and the public audience by National Park Service administrators during the 1920s–30s. The academicians insisted on a perspective that looked beyond particular localities to a larger national and international perspective, and that in practice it should be done along modern and scientific lines. To that end,
1134-444: The 1950s when Du Bois became an un-person, when many progressives were tarred and feathered with the brush of subversion. John Hope Franklin was a rock; he was loyal to his friends. In the case of W. E. B. Du Bois, Franklin spoke out in his defense, not (about) Du Bois's communism , but of the right of an intellectual to express ideas that were not popular. I find that admirable. It was a high risk to take and we may be heading again into
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#17327760869751188-519: The AHA Council before 1971 (out of over 186 members), and in the Association’s first 100 years only one woman, Nellie Neilson , had been elected to the presidency [in 1943]. By 1973 an assistant executive secretary had been appointed for the specific purpose of dealing with such problems. Thavolia Glymph was elected president of the AHA for the term beginning in 2024. The 140th president, she
1242-476: The Association, Women and minorities were officially accepted into the Association from the beginning, but enjoyed little or no representation at the Association’s meetings and in the governing structure. No African Americans were represented on the AHA governing Council until 1959, and it would be another 20 years before John Hope Franklin was elected president of the AHA. Similarly, only 15 women served on
1296-579: The Governor's Arts Award to Dr. Franklin in 2004. In 2005, Franklin received the North Caroliniana Society Award for "long and distinguished service in the encouragement, production, enhancement, promotion, and preservation of North Caroliniana." On May 20, 2006, Franklin was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at Lafayette College 's 171st Commencement Exercises. On November 15, 2006, John Hope Franklin
1350-810: The Greenwood District. This was known at the time as the " Black Wall Street ", and was the wealthiest Black community in the United States, a center of black commerce and culture. In 2015, Buck Franklin's previously unknown written eyewitness account of the 1921 Greenwood attack, a 10-page typewritten manuscript, was discovered and subsequently obtained by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture . Franklin and his colleagues also became experts at oil law, representing "blacks and Native Americans in Oklahoma against white lawyers representing oil barons." His career demonstrated
1404-604: The U.S. Delegation to the UNESCO General Conference, Belgrade (1980). In 1983, Franklin was appointed as the James B. Duke Professor of History at Duke University . In 1985, he took emeritus status from this position. During this same year, he helped to establish the Durham Literacy Center and served on its Board until his death in 2009. Franklin was also Professor of Legal History at
1458-431: The United States to discuss the latest research and discuss how to be better historians and teachers. Many affiliated historical societies hold their annual meetings simultaneously. The association's web site offers extensive information on the current state of the profession, tips on history careers, and an extensive archive of historical materials (including the G.I. Roundtable series), a series of pamphlets prepared for
1512-610: The War Department in World War II . The association also administers two major fellowships, 24 book prizes, and a number of small research grants. The early leaders of the association were mostly gentlemen with the leisure and means to write many of the great 19th-century works of history, such as George Bancroft , Justin Winsor , and James Ford Rhodes . However, as former AHA president James J. Sheehan points out,
1566-571: The association actively promoted excellence in the area of research, the association published a series of annual reports through the Smithsonian Institution and adopted the American Historical Review in 1898 to provide early outlets for this new brand of professional scholarship. In 1896, the association appointed a "Committee of Seven" to develop a national standard for college admission requirements in
1620-485: The association always tried to serve multiple constituencies, "including archivists , members of state and local historical societies, teachers, and amateur historians, who looked to it – and not always with success or satisfaction – for representation and support." Much of the early work of the association focused on establishing a common sense of purpose and gathering the materials of research through its Historical Manuscripts and Public Archives Commissions. According to
1674-412: The association, other areas and activities tended to fall by the wayside. The Manuscripts and Public Archives Commissions were abandoned in the 1930s, while projects related to original research and the publication of scholarship gained ever-greater prominence. In recent years, the association has tried to come to terms with the growing public history movement and has struggled to maintain its status as
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1728-505: The award. During his visit to Tulsa to accept the award, Franklin made several appearances to speak about his childhood experiences with racial segregation , as well as his father's experiences as a lawyer in the aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa race riot . In 1998, Franklin received The Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Franklin on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans . Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry presented
1782-557: The beginning of the Second World War . He responded to the navy's search for qualified clerical workers, but after he presented his extensive qualifications, the navy recruiter told him that he was the wrong color for the position. He was similarly unsuccessful in finding a position with a War Department historical project. When he went to have a blood test, as required for the draft , the doctor initially refused to allow him into his office. Afterward, Franklin took steps to avoid
1836-483: The differences between some of the beliefs related to race with the reality documented in various historical and government texts, as well as data gathered from census, property, and literary sources. The first lecture is titled "The Dream Deferred" and discusses the period from the Revolution to 1820. The second lecture is titled "The Old Order Changeth Not" and discusses the rest of the 19th century. The third lecture
1890-429: The discipline of history, and works with other major historical organizations and acts as a public advocate for the field. Within the profession, the association defines ethical behavior and best practices, particularly through its "Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct". AHA also develops standards for good practice in teaching and history textbooks. The association publishes The American Historical Review ,
1944-651: The draft, on the basis that the country did not respect him or have an interest in his well-being, because of his color. In the early 1950s, Franklin served on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund team led by Thurgood Marshall , and helped develop the sociological case for Brown v. Board of Education . This case, challenging de jure segregated education in the South, was taken to the United States Supreme Court . It ruled in 1954 that
1998-460: The editor. Each issue also reviewed a number of history books for their conformity to the new professional norms and scholarly standards that were taught at leading graduate schools to Ph.D. candidates. From the AHR, Sheehan concludes, "a junior scholar learned what it meant to be a historian of a certain sort". Meringolo (2004) compares academic and public history. Unlike academic history, public history
2052-536: The field of history. Before this time, individual colleges defined their own entrance requirements. After substantial surveys of prevailing teaching methods, emphases and curricula in secondary schools, the Committee published "The Study of History in Schools" in 1898. Their report largely defined the way history would be taught at the high school level as a preparation for college, and wrestled with issues about how
2106-415: The field should relate to the other social studies. The Committee recommended four blocks of Western history, to be taught in chronological order—ancient, medieval and modern European, English, and American history and civil government—and advised that teachers "tell a story" and "bring out dramatic aspects" to make history come alive. [T]he student who is taught to consider political subjects in school, who
2160-653: The first black member of the exclusive Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. In 1964, Franklin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences The John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture resides at Duke University's David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library and contains his personal and professional papers. The archive is one of three academic units named after Franklin at Duke. The others are
2214-682: The history department and was appointed to a named chair. He then moved to Duke University in 1983, as an appointee to a named chair in history. Franklin was born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma , in 1915 to attorney Buck (Charles) Colbert Franklin and his wife Mollie (Parker) Franklin. He was named after John Hope , a prominent educator who was the first African-American president of Atlanta University . John Hope Franklin graduated from Booker T. Washington High School (then segregated) in Tulsa, Oklahoma . He graduated in 1935 from Fisk University ,
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2268-475: The institutions of which they speak. The association also played a decisive role in lobbying the federal government to preserve and protect its own documents and records. After extensive lobbying by AHA Secretary Waldo Leland and Jameson, Congress established the National Archives and Records Administration in 1934. As the interests of historians in colleges and universities gained prominence in
2322-512: The legal segregation of black and white children in public schools was unconstitutional, leading to integration of schools. Franklin's teaching career began at Fisk University. During WWII, he taught at St. Augustine's College from 1939 to 1943 and the North Carolina College for Negroes, currently North Carolina Central University from 1943 to 1947. From 1947 to 1956, he taught at Howard University . In 1956, Franklin
2376-620: The new German seminary method at Johns Hopkins University . The clearest expression of this academic impulse in history came in the development of the American Historical Review in 1895. Formed by historians at a number of the most important universities in the United States, it followed the model of European history journals. Under the early editorship of J. Franklin Jameson , the Review published several long scholarly articles every issue, only after they had been vetted by scholars and approved by
2430-417: The past; he should know of nations that have risen and fallen; he should see tyranny, vulgarity, greed, benevolence, patriotism, self-sacrifice, brought out in the lives and works of men. So strongly has this very thought taken hold of writers of civil government, that they no longer content themselves with a description of the government as it is, but describe at considerable length the origin and development of
2484-468: Was a former slave, who became a Chickasaw Freedman when emancipated after the American Civil War . Milley was born free before the war and was of one-fourth Choctaw and three-fourths African-American ancestry. Buck Franklin is best known for defending African-American survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre , in which whites had attacked many blacks and buildings, and burned and destroyed
2538-674: Was a member of the board of trustees at Fisk University , the Chicago Public Library , and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Franklin was elected as a foundation member of Fisk's new chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1953, when Fisk became the first historically black college to have a chapter of the honor society. In 1973–1976, he served as President of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa . Additionally, Franklin
2592-547: 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, and continually updated. More than three million copies have been sold. In 1995, he was awarded
2646-692: Was announced as the third recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity. He shared the prize with Yu Ying-shih . On October 27, 2010, the City of Tulsa renamed Reconciliation Park, established to commemorate the victims of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 , as John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in his honor. It includes a 27-foot bronze entitled Tower of Reconciliation by sculptor Ed Dwight, expressing
2700-667: Was appointed to serve on national commissions, including the National Council on the Humanities , the President's Advisory Commission on Ambassadorial Appointments , and One America Initiative . Franklin was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He was an early beneficiary of the fraternity's Foundation Publishers, which provides financial support and fellowship for writers addressing African-American issues. In 1962, honored as an outstanding historian, Franklin became
2754-612: Was appointed to the Fulbright Board of Foreign Scholarships, 1962–1969, and was its chair from 1966 to 1969. In 1976, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Franklin for the Jefferson Lecture , the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities . Franklin's three-part lecture became the basis for his book Racial Equality in America. Franklin was appointed to
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#17327760869752808-609: Was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP . In 1995, President Clinton awarded Franklin the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The President's remarks upon presentation of the medal cited Franklin's lifelong work as a teacher and a student of history, seeking to bring about better understanding regarding relations between whites and blacks in modern times. In 1995, he received
2862-757: Was awarded the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. In 1975, Franklin was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from Whittier College . In 1978, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame . In 1994, the Society of American Historians (founded by Allan Nevins and other historians to encourage literary distinction in the writing of history) awarded Franklin its Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement. In 1995, he
2916-461: Was selected to chair the history department at Brooklyn College , the first person of color to head a major history department. Franklin served there until 1964, when he was recruited by the University of Chicago . He spent 1962 as a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge , holding the Professorship of American History and Institutions . David Levering Lewis , who has twice won
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