News and Events
John Hope Franklin Celebration
June 11, 2009
John Hope Franklin, the scholar who helped create the field of African American history and dominated it for nearly six decades, died on March 25, 2009 at the age of 94. According to Dr. Franklin's wishes, there will be no funeral or memorial service. However, there will be a celebration of his life and of his late wife Aurelia Franklin at 11 a.m. June 11 in Duke Chapel in honor of their 69th wedding anniversary. For more information, please visit his memorial web site.
Duke Press to Publish Book by President Obama's Mother
In December 2009, Duke University Press (DUP) will publish Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia by S. Ann Dunham, late mother of President Barack Obama. The book is based upon the dissertation Dunham, an economic anthropologist, completed at the University of Hawaii in 1992. For more information about the book and to view the official press release about the publication, please visit the DUP website.
Newsletter
Black Voices, The John Hope Franklin Research Center Newsletter, is available on-line.
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