John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin is the James B. Duke professor emeritus of history at Duke University and for seven years was professor of legal history at the university's law school. He shares, with Princeton historian Yu Ying-shih, the $1 million John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity for 2006.

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  • The Lessons of History

    November 17, 2006

    While there may be something great about winning a war, the United States must learn there is something much greater about using the tools of peacemaking to build a better world.

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