John Hope Franklin and James Oliver Horton, two nationally recognized scholars of African American history, will speak 9-11 a.m., March 24, in the Ching Conference Center at Chaminade University of Honolulu.
“A Conversation with John Hope Franklin and James Oliver Horton,” which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Chaminade, the Hawaii Council for History Education, the Hawaii Council for the Humanities, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Franklin is the past president of the American Historical Association and professor emeritus of history at Duke University. He received his doctorate in history from Harvard University in 1941. His book, From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, has sold more than three million copies. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Horton is the past president of the Organization of American Historians and professor of American studies and history at George Washington University. He received his doctorate in history from Brandeis University in 1973 and has published numerous books in African American history, including Hard Road to Freedom: the Story of African America in 2001. In 1995, the Afro-American Museum of Boston presented him with its “Living Legend Award.”
For further information, contact Mitch Yamasaki at myamasak@chaminade.edu or at 735-4824.