Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin, . . Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25 (401pp) ISBN 978-0-374-29944-6
At 90, Franklin recalls his extraordinary life. Born in the Oklahoma territory in 1915 and descended from slaves, he studied at Harvard, taught at some of the nation's most prestigious universities, served on committees for FDR and Bill Clinton, published seminal histories of blacks in America and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work in civil rights. Franklin strove to evade the draft in WWII after being treated shamefully by the draft board when he tried to enlist, and did research for Thurgood Marshall in
Reviewed on: 09/05/2005
Genre: Nonfiction
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