""[T]his historian who seeks to mine the various quarries of the past in the belief that good history is a good foundation for a better present and future.”"
— History

January 1, 1970

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, Preface to Race and History: Selected Essays 1938-1988, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1989. As quoted by encyclopedia.com (2005): Franklin, John Hope 1915– by Thomson Gale.