Product Details

• Actors: Charles Kuralt
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LXHK04
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,537 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Pbs Release Date: 05/06/2009 Run time: 60 minutes

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An inspired life, August 4, 2007

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Stanley A. Zuckerman (washington, dc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin (DVD)

This film traces John Hope Franklin's life from his birth in the tiny all-black hamlet of Rentiesville,Oklahoma to his place among the most honored of African-American scholars of his time. He has served as chairman of the history departments of the University of Chicago, Duke University and Brooklyn College, and as president of every major scholarly historical association in America, including the American Historical Society, the South Historical Association, the Association of American Historians and, as well, of Phi Beta Kappa. Now in his 92nd year, he is still writing, lecuring, and tending to his prize winning orchids and to his avocation of fly-fishing for brook trout. He has tweaked the conscience of Americans during a professional career of 70 years, and challenged the notion that we have erased the stain of racism from our 'midst. What will it take to do that? In his words, "All we have to do really is to treat each other decently."

4.0 out of 5 stars First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin, January 26, 2010

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M. Proffitt (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin (DVD)

I found this video very informative of the life and work of John Hope Franklin. I never knew anything about him before watching this, except that he had passed away, along with a number of other great contributors to society, in 2009. I have another person form an older generation to admire now.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Video, December 22, 2008

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Debra Horton "Debra Horton-Colbert" (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin (DVD)

The picture is cystal clear. Nothing less should be used to display the life of an EXTRAordinary person who is a pertinent part of American history. This video is awesome!