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Dr. John Hope Franklin � It) with Dr. Chari
of African Am rican Hi.tory.
hitat'�j:ln C. Vann Wood
_UK:IW1I to-
th t
u
GEsturing to an om window,
he id, 'Tdjump out of'th 'build
ing if I weren t hopeful."
Much of his wor emp-
sized th role that Blacks
played in American history: B
patriots fought at Lexington nd
Concord, h poin out in "From
Slavery to Freedom.· They
crossed the Delaware with Wi h
ington, explored with Lewis and
Clark.
And this is not to mention his
work on those who made their
nam in history as stalwarts for
equal rights, among them W.E.B.
Du Bois, who 88 he grew older
became a friend of the young
Franklin.
Franklin himself has led 08-
BY CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN
DURHAM, .c. (AP) - More
than half a century into a distin
guished writing and teaching ca
reer, John Hope Franklin has
lived African-American history
while toiling to illuminate it.
There have been high points
most recently, he has been at
, work in his Duke University of
fice, finishing a venth edition of
, his classic book, "From Slavery to
Freedom." But there also have
been low points in his " tmnge
career" 88 a scholar of U.S and
particularly Southern history.
In the 19408, his insistence on
conducting research at tate ar
chi in the gregated South led
to alternately sad and "farcical"
seen .
In Louisiana, he could use the
rehi only when they were
closed for a holiday; in North
Carolina, he receiv his own
vault key so that white clerks
would not have to serve him.
CE, what do you think I ex
pected when I got to Alabama,
with the Confederate flag flying
(over the archi building)? ... I
h itated even to go in, " Franklin
id, Nonethel , in he went.
There, he studied the papers of
Alabama' ion-era gover
nor. Eventually, he even had civil
conversations with the archive di
rector, who at first referred to him
88 the "Harvard nigger."
And history moved on.
"By the way," Franklin said, 88
ofthandedly 88 he could, "one of
my own Ph.D.'s is now head of
that archives. "
Born in trictly egregated
Oklahoma in 1915, son of a law
yer and a schoolteacher, Franklin
has witnessed and chronicled
J3 �' h!m:l-won P.l'O
grees toward �equal rights and
tatus. But it' not enough, he
says.
"More and more Blacks are mov
ing up into the middle and upper
classes, but more and more of
them are inking .... We still have
to oonfront the basic problems of
poverty, and the relationship be
tween poverty and race."
The many Blacks who have ad
vanced cannot rejoice, he said, as
long as many others remain
trapped in ghettoes.
"The most tragic thing is, they
.are being dehumanized and al-
concluded, in an echo
of th CommifBion, "W
have t 0 nations, Black and
hit, ep rate, hoetil , un-
equal.. .
John Hope Franklin -pro
sor emeritus, Carmer .
th American Hiatorical A880C1a
tion, author and editor now
ing on his 1 te Ii ther'.
autobiography - ill tcbea
history unfbld,
The p Black houae-
ho tured on tel . "onoome
di will "encourage what I CBll
denial of the real prob oftb
oountry.·
"But," he added, "I don't
how that can drown out the no"
made by the Los Angeles rioq.. •
"WE'RE GOING IN two di
"WITH THAT EXPERI- rections at one time," he said.
COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) -
The Ku Klux Klan wil1 lmow
later this week whether its per
mit to display a cross outside
the Ohio Statehouse for Christ
mas will be granted or denied.
Ron Keller, executive direc
tor of the agency that manages
the building in the hear of
downtown sa id Tuesday he
planned to discuss his options
with the Ohio Attorney Gen
eral's offi before making his
decision.
Donnie Carr, a Klansman
who listed a Columbus post of
fice box as his add , made
the application Monday to the
Capitol Square Review and Ad
visory Board, said board
spokesman Dan Shellen
barger.
Th board last w' k voted
8-0 to allow a Christmas tree
and a menorah to be displayed
at the Statehouse, reversing an
earlier 4-2 vote against such a
display.
The board's original ruling
was intended to avoid legal
problems similar to those expe
rienced in Cincinnati last year
when the Klan added a cross to
a downtown holiday exhibit.
Also pending before the
board is a Klan request for a
rally at the Statehouse on Jan
15, the birthday of Martin
Luther King Jr.
The KKK rallied at the
Statehouse on Oct. 23, with p0-
lice protecting Klan members
from a crowd of opponents. The
KKK has been billed $123,000
for security expenses from that
rally, but has not paid
wa
ept.
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NEAPOUS (AP) -The Min
neapolis Urban League is asking
Attorney General Janet Reno to
review tatemen by a form r po
lice reservist that the man - or
men - who shot Offi r Jerry
Haaf have not n arrested.
Margaret Ha h was sitting
next to Haafwhen he was shot and
killed last year. Sh ntly testi
fied during th murder trials of
three sus that she could not
identify any of th shooters at th
Pizza Shack r taurant.
ow, how v r, Hapsch say
he is able to vi ualize the
hooter's face, and that face does
not long to ith r Mwati (Pepi)
McKenzie or Shannon Bowles, the
two m n convicted of being the
r
aa'ca
triggermen A third man, AC.
Ford Jr., was convicted of murder
for arranging the slaying.
Hapsch made the remarks dur
ing interviews last w k.
ALLEGATIO S made
by Ms. Hapsch .. are quite rious
and need to be teviewed thor
oughly by an independent organi
zation," said Urban League
p ident Gary Sudduth. "This is
a highly charged and nsitive is
sue within the community."
Arthur Martinez, who repre
nted McKenzie, said he told
McKenzie of Hapsch's rtions
and also contacted the state public
defender's office to expedite an ap
peal of McKenzie's conviction.
1 I
-All through hl.tory thou who have fought galnat
oppreulon have conatantly been facec:t with the dungeon.
of a ruling The great ... the cauae ha. been, and the
d It hu been rooted In needa and .utterlng. of the
�. mo ... It ha been menaced by the tortu .... of
. prlaon eeU • "
--Jame8 P. C8m0n, -rhe Cause P
Through a PriIon,· September 1928
Deci · 0 e ected
o a bid to erect
coat statehouse
'FREE ALL
CLASS-WAR
PRISONERS-
1--- ----
THEIR
FIGHT IS
OUR FIGHT
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
MUST NOT DIE!
Death row pontical pnsoner Mu.mia Abu
Jamal is fighting for his life. Former Black
Panther, well-known journalist, "Voice of the
Voiceless," MOVE supporter � framed-up and
sentenced to die for his political beliefs and
utter defiance of the racist capitalist order.
22-hour-a-day lockdown, no "contact" visits
- under constant harassment for his refusal
to bow down and be Silent, Jamal continues to
fight from behind bars with his biting columns
which are published in newspapers across the
country and his powerful voice tapes that ring
out against racist Injustice
The New World.Qisorder has meant speed
up on death row Jamal's case IS a "Handbook
of Constrtuuonat Violations." They are rewriting
their laws and Ignoring their own precedents
to keep Mumia on death row. The state .
nurtures a Vicious vendetta against this fighter
for justice and his executioners await. All
opponents of the racist d th penalty must
mobilize now to fight to stop the execution.
Join the carnpaiqn'
SAVE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
WQtt(era Venguwo
Geronimo II J8ga (Pratt), America',
for most cl -w pri oner � .s y ,
old. Former Black Panther, highly
decor ted Vietnam t - victim of reclet
FBI COJNTELPRO frame-up. Geron mo
h noN. rved over 23 yMra for •
crime the gov nment knowl he did not
commit. The rael t • h m _ •
lead r of militant r.. tance - • fighter
for bt k liber 'on - and keepl h1m
e;d d pi the cOfT1*ling evtdence of
• Innocence. He II T.t.c , CA.
Robert Buck, 28 years old. Rav nswood
St elwork r (local 5668) r Iroaded by
th feds for d f ndlng hrs union and job
from scabs and thugs In the bitt r
W Virginia stnk . Bob courageou Iy
r fused to wear a wire for the fads and
vent to )all rath r than spy on his union
brothers and SI t rs H is curr ntty In
Sprtngfi Id. MO