John Hope Franklin

CTL-E-3497 · Person · scholar · d. 2009

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

World-famous scholar of African-American history (d. 2009); his 2017 Durham estate sale is a Collector Death exemplar.

Notes

Created by CultureTechLens batch RELP79 (2026-10-06); research-complete via claims on focal entities.

Relationships

Duke University — affiliated with
Franklin held a joint History/Law faculty appointment at Duke University (1983-1992).

Referenced by

Collector Death — related to → this record
John Hope Franklin estate sale — related to → this record

Sources

NPR Illinois — John Hope Franklin estate sale

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