John Franklin

John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin was a highly admired American historian and social activist, he is best known for his scholarship that focused on Southern history and racial politics. His groundbreaking work, From Slavery to Freedom, was first released in 1947 and sold more than three million copies worldwide and with many other titles to follow (Yarrow). Apart from being an historian and author, Franklin was also former president for many honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Organization of American Historians, and the Southern Historical Association. In order to recognize his contribution to society and culture in the United States, Franklin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor in…

John Winthrop was born in 1587 and he lived in a pugnaciously moment in England, with many religious differences. Winthrop was a successful lawyer in England. He decided to look for moral support and gradually joined into a party called the Puritans. At the same time the spiritual situation in England changed tremendously with the battle between Catholicism and Protestantism. “in 1629 he set forth to help establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he became a leading citizen, including…

I chose to do my service learning at the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation in Tulsa. The center is inside the Greenwood Cultural center in the heart of what was once “Black Wall Street” and works to end racism through the positive influence of art and culture. I chose the center because I am a firm believer in the statement “all men are created equal”. Color is just color, and should not define a man, woman, or child. Secondly, I chose the center because of a personal connection. I am…

John Hope Franklin tells a story of something that happened when he was only seven years old in the story of “The Train from Hate”. It involves Franklin’s father which had moved to Tulsa to be able to support his family, while John, his mother, and his sister had still lived in Rentiesville Oklahoma. After researching more into the story I found that Charles Haskins, had done a lecture on Franklin, explaining Franklin’s father did not feel safe with his family being around the racial riots…

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Josiah Franklin was a soap and candle maker. He had 17 children, 7 with his first wife Anne Child and 10 with his second wife Abiah Folger. Benjamin was the 15th child and the last son. (Biography.com) Franklin’s father intended for him to be a clergyman but he could only afford to send him to school for a year; clergyman needed years of schooling. (Ushistory.org) Ben attended Boston Latin School before being…

gained freedom on July Forth, 1776. It talks about all of the things that got in the way of America declaring independence and all of the good tactics that would come out of going through with this. To start of, on the days leading up to July Fourth, 1776 John Adams and Benjamin Franklin did just about anything to declare independence from Great Britain. The only problem is that little things can easily get in the way of declaring independence. For one, slave holders and landowners, among many…

Benjamin Franklin There are many individuals who were important to the American Revolution, both in the lead up to, and the war that followed the schism between Great Britain and her colonies in America. Few individuals had as great an impact on American thought and identity during the revolution as Benjamin Franklin. He lived a life that that in many ways seems larger than life and showed the potential for what Americans could become and has been considered to be the “First American” (Benjamin…

Inventor, printer, man with the kite, writer, thinker, and scientist; Benjamin Franklin was a man of many interests known by many names. Benjamin Franklin is our most engaging founding father and we see the reflections of him and his personality through his legacy and his life’s work, helping make this country great. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston Massachusetts. He was the fifteenth of the seventeen children to his father Josiah Franklin by his two marriages. As the…

religious areas. “(The)…Enlightenment was an unsparing sunrise, revealing the wickedness of ancient ideas and institutions, illuminating also the fundamental goodness of man.” Samuel Johnson was a Connecticut born clergyman and educator who founded and became the first president of King`s College (today`s Columbia University). In 1714 he was at Yale University working on a scholarly project when a shipment of 800 books arrived, including works by Francis Bacon, John Locke, Isaac Newton, and…

1776, the dawn of the American Revolution saw merchant sailors being authorized to walk a fine line between Privateer and Pirate. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), famous American founding father used British politics and laws in an effort to break America from British rule. In 1779, Franklin, an elderly man of seventy-three traveled across the Atlantic from America to France to seek aid and assistance from France in an effort to break from the British empirical rule over America. Franklin’s…