March 26, 2009 (vol. 119, iss. 117) • Page Image 7
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Je Thursday, March 26, 2009 -- 7A African-American scholar dies State senators Author who penned 'From Slavery to Freedom' passed away at 94 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in the U.S. and worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died yesterda...…