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Meet Dr. John Hope Franklin


Dr. John Hope Franklin, renowned historian and Medal of Freedom recipient, chaired the Advisory Board for the 1997 President’s Initiative on Race, set up to launch "a great and unprecedented conversation about race" across the United States.

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