John Hope Franklin (Ph.D 1941) passed away last Wednesday at the age of 94.

“During a career of scholarship, teaching and advocacy that spanned more than 70 years, Dr. Franklin was deeply involved in the painful debates that helped reshape America’s racial identity, working with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall and other major civil rights figures of the 20th century…”

The full obituary appeared in the March 25, 2009 edition of the New York Times entitled: “John Hope Franklin, Scholar of African-American History, Is Dead at 94“.

The Angeliki Laiou Memorial Serices held on January 29, 2009 is now available to listen to here.

Professor Peter Gordon appeared in the March 19-April 1, 2009 edition of the Harvard University Gazette in the article “Persistence of faith: Course examines beliefs in secular age.”