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

我的论文使用奴隶制的非洲裔美国历史学家约翰·霍普·富兰克林（1915-2009）的生活，工作和公众宣传作为一个镜头，通过它来探索历史的独特作用在非洲裔美国人的知识分子生活在长期的民权运动。通过将富兰克林的c.150出版物和广泛的公众活动置于杜克大学约翰·霍普·富兰克林论文最近解除禁运的文件所提供的背景下，它将调查历史专业中种族化的影响，以及历史活动家在挑战这些限制方面的作用，特别是通过接触学术界以外的受众。研究富兰克林的各种研究也揭示了从非洲历史到奴隶制、内战、重建和20世纪民权运动的历史等主题的史学的轮廓和不断发展的争论。这些不同的兴趣在最畅销的非裔美国人历史教科书《从奴隶制到自由》中得到了总结，这是第一本涵盖整个黑人历史的流行/入门教科书。非裔美国人的历史可以从这本教科书的缩影中看到，它从早期民权运动和自由主义（尤其是白人）融合主义的圣经，变成了20世纪70年代黑人研究兴起时被认为是过时的、备受批评的温和派著作。最后，富兰克林漫长而传奇的职业生涯也提供了关于20世纪公共知识分子，特别是黑人公共知识分子地位和角色变化的见解。最终，这个项目的目的是帮助构建反种族主义的历史，黑人的生命也很重要，最近的“雕像战争”已经表明，大西洋两岸都迫切需要反种族主义的历史

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