Mirror to America
Friday, October 28, 2005
John Hope Franklin has dedicated his life to scholarship and activism. Throughout his long career he has worked to achieve racial equality in America: he published the best-selling history From Slavery to Freedom in 1947, helped Thurgood Marshall with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, and was appointed to lead the President’s Initiative on Race by Bill Clinton in 1997. He joins us today to discuss his memoir: Mirror to America.
» Read an excerpt of Mirror to America in the Reading Room
Music: Rosewood soundtrack, by John Williams (SONY Classical) Track 14
The Gospel Soul of Marion Williams (Shanachie) Track 4
("I've Come So Far") Rosewood soundtrack, by John Williams (SONY Classical) Track 8
How I Got Over, by Marion Williams (Polywog) Track 1 ("How I Got Over")
» Read an excerpt of Mirror to America in the Reading Room
Music: Rosewood soundtrack, by John Williams (SONY Classical) Track 14
The Gospel Soul of Marion Williams (Shanachie) Track 4
("I've Come So Far") Rosewood soundtrack, by John Williams (SONY Classical) Track 8
How I Got Over, by Marion Williams (Polywog) Track 1 ("How I Got Over")
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