'Walking the Tightrope': John Hope Franklin and the Dilemmas of African American History in Action

“走钢丝”：约翰·霍普·富兰克林和非裔美国人历史的困境

• 批准号: 2571858
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2571858
• 关键词: Walking; Tightrope; John; Hope; Franklin

My dissertation uses the life, work and public advocacy of the African American historian of slavery John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) as a lens through which to explore history's unique role within African American intellectual life during the long Civil Rights Movement. By placing Franklin's c.150 publications and extensive public activism into the context provided by recently de-embargoed documents at the John Hope Franklin Papers at Duke University, it will investigate the impact of racialisation within the historical profession and the historian-activist's role in challenging such constraints, particularly through reaching audiences beyond the academy. Studying Franklin's varied research also reveals the contours and evolving arguments of the historiography of topics ranging from African History to the history of slavery, the civil war, Reconstruction, and the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement. These varied interests were summarised in the best-selling textbook of African American History 'From Slavery to Freedom,' the first popular/introductory textbook to cover the whole panoply of Black History. The history of African American History can be seen in microcosm in this textbook's evolution from being the bible of the early civil rights movement and liberal (particularly white) integrationism to being an allegedly passe and much-criticised work of moderacy by the emergence of Black Studies in the 1970s. Finally, Franklin's long and storied career also provides insights regarding the changing status and roles of public intellectuals over the 20th-century, particularly of Black public intellectuals. Ultimately, this project aims to help construct the anti-racist history that the rise of Black Lives Matter and the recent 'statue wars' have shown to be so sorely needed on both sides of the Atlantic

我的论文使用的生活，工作和非裔美国人的奴隶制历史学家约翰霍普富兰克林（1915-2009年）的公共宣传作为一个透镜，通过它来探索历史的独特作用在非裔美国人的知识生活在漫长的民权运动。通过将富兰克林的c.150出版物和广泛的公共活动的背景下提供的最近解除禁运的文件在约翰霍普富兰克林文件在杜克大学，它将调查种族化的影响在历史专业和历史学家，积极分子的作用，在挑战这种限制，特别是通过达到观众超越学院。研究富兰克林的各种研究还揭示了从非洲历史到奴隶制历史，内战，重建和20世纪民权运动等主题的史学的轮廓和不断发展的论点。这些不同的兴趣被总结在最畅销的非裔美国人历史教科书《从奴隶制到自由》中，这是第一本涵盖整个黑人历史的流行/入门教科书。非裔美国人历史的历史可以在这本教科书的演变从早期民权运动和自由（特别是白色）一体化圣经的缩影中看到，被称为过时和备受批评的温和派工作的黑人研究在20世纪70年代的出现。最后，富兰克林漫长而传奇的职业生涯也提供了关于公共知识分子在20世纪，特别是黑人公共知识分子的地位和作用不断变化的见解。最终，这个项目旨在帮助构建反种族主义的历史，黑人生命问题的兴起和最近的“雕像战争”已经表明，大西洋两岸都非常需要