John Hope Franklin Display

The library has a new display honoring the wonderful life work of native Oklahoman John Hope Franklin who died recently at the age of 94.

John Hope Franklin was an author, scholar and professor emeritis at Duke University whose book "From Slavery to Freedom" is the quintissential and seminal book about African-American history.

He had deep roots in Tulsa, surviving the Tulsa Race Riot in 1921, and graduating from Booker T. Washington in 1931 which used to stand on the current home of OSU-Tulsa campus. Haskell street in North Tulsa was eventually changed to John Hope Franklin Boulevard to honor his work.

Please come by and check-out the current display located in front of the copy center in the library.