About this title: John Hope Franklin lived through America's defining twentieth century transformation, the dismantling of legally protected racial segregation. A renowned scholar, he has explored that formation in its myriad aspects, notably in his 3.5 million bestseller, "From Slavery to Freedom". And he experienced it first hand. Born in 1915, he was evicted ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374299446ISBN:0374299447
Description: Good. 0374299447 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: 1st edition,
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2005-11-02
ISBN-13:9780374299446ISBN:0374299447
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition/2nd Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780374530471ISBN:0374530475
Description: As New. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. As new. 401 pages. read more
"I wish I could give this 3 1/2 stars. Franklin led an amazing life and had an amazing mind. His reflections on the problems posed by race in America are thought-provoking. The first 1/2 of the book is the most interesting, as Franklin speaks of his childhood and struggle for equal education and employment for his talents. The second half of the book drags, however, at times becoming little more than a list of places he taught or visited or gave speeches. I would recommend this book, even if you only read the first half and skim the rest."
"The first three quarters of Dr. Franklin's monograph is great. After chronicling his work in Civil Rights and his rise in academia he fell into political punditry in the remaining chapters. Franklin believes that the race war in America is still alive and well because of de jure segregation. It seems that his only answer is more government enforcement of laws such as affirmative action. While critical of Reagan, Judge Bork and Clarence Thomas, he lets Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson and black bureaucrats in general escape without judgment. It is obvious in the waning chapters that he is still bitter over his participation in the Clinton's administration's Initiative on Race. At several points he lets his admiration of Clinton get in the way of what could have been a better statement of how Clinton dropped the ball on this initiative during the Lewinsky scandal. Most of the monograph is an excellent look at a black historian, marred by the racism of his peers, rise to intellectual greatness despite outstanding hardships. His friendships with C. Vann Woodward, Daniel Boorstin and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., are indicative of the kind of intellectual behemoths that he kept company with during his career. Overall Dr. Franklin does a wonderful job of tracing the path of Southern historiography since the 1930s. Indeed he has written most of it."
"Started this book last year, took me a bit of time to finish it. This is a great book for those interested in history, race, or biography. John Hope Franklin is a historian in his 90's who has led an amazing life. His tremendous academic and service-oriented output are astounding. It does get a bit slow at times, but was worth the work."
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