My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told a…

- John Hope Franklin

If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past

- John Hope Franklin

There's no reason in the world why black [people] should not be regarded as an attribute that is not degrading but is positive. There's no reason in …

- John Hope Franklin

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

- John Hope Franklin

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients …

- John Hope Franklin

Love each other. Regard each other as members of one family.

- John Hope Franklin

One of the problems in the United States is the refusal on the part of our young people to remember or to want to remember, or to recognize the exper…

- John Hope Franklin

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of …

- John Hope Franklin

I am very fortunate, and I never stopped being thankful.

- John Hope Franklin