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John Hope Franklin Books in Order

John Hope Franklin contains 60 books, published between 1999 and 2021. The first book is The Color of the Law (1999) and the newest is Arise Africa, Roar China (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
60
Published
1999–2021
Pages on record
1,208 in 4 of 60 books
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The John Hope Franklin series publishes academic histories of African American life. Civil rights, race relations, social conditions and the American South run through the subjects, in volumes such as The Color of the Law (1999), Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America (2003), Root and Branch (2005) and The Black Arts Movement (2006). The series holds 60 books dated 1999 to 2021, at a median of 308 pages, ending at Arise Africa, Roar China (2021).

How many John Hope Franklin books are there?

John Hope Franklin has 60 books, released between 1999 and 2021.

John Hope Franklin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 60 John Hope Franklin books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Color of the Law1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999352
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  2. 2
    Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-19452003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  3. 3
    Black Politics in New Deal Atlanta2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  4. 3
    May We Forever Stand2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  5. 4
    Journey of Hope2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  6. 5
    Root and Branch2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  7. 6
    The Black Arts Movement2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  8. 7
    North Carolina Slave Narratives2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  9. 8
    A Little Taste of Freedom2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  10. 9
    Battling the Plantation Mentality2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  11. 10
    An African Republic2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  12. 11
    A Faithful Account of the Race2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  13. 12
    Joining Places2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  14. 13
    Proudly We Can Be Africans2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  15. 14
    A Movement Without Marches2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  16. 15
    Emancipation's Diaspora2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  17. 16
    African Cherokees in Indian Territory2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  18. 17
    Examining Tuskegee2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  19. 18
    Upbuilding Black Durham2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  20. 19
    Self-Taught2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  21. 20
    All Bound Up Together2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  22. 21
    First Fruits of Freedom2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  23. 22
    David Ruggles2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  24. 23
    Right to Ride2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  25. 24
    Torchbearers of Democracy2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  26. 25
    Living for the City2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  27. 26
    Way Up North in Louisville2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  28. 27
    North of the Color Line2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  29. 28
    The African American Roots of Modernism2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  30. 29
    Left of the Color Line2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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Where to start with John Hope Franklin

Start with The Color of the Law (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Hope Franklin book?

Arise Africa, Roar China (2021) is the newest John Hope Franklin book released so far.

Is there a new John Hope Franklin book coming?

No next John Hope Franklin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

John Hope Franklin at a glance

Paused
No new John Hope Franklin title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
John Hope Franklin books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,208 pages across the 4 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Hope Franklin books, 31 of 60, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 60 titles, 3 are credited to James Smethurst, 2 to Graham Russell Gao Hodges, 2 to Heather Andrea Williams and 1 to Gail Williams O'Brien. A further 53 writers are credited.

What the John Hope Franklin books are about

4 of the 60 John Hope Franklin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 4 of 4 books
  • African Americans 3 of 4 books
  • Civil rights 2 of 4 books
  • Social conditions 2 of 4 books
  • African American white collar workers 1 of 4 books
  • African American women 1 of 4 books
  • African americans, civil rights 1 of 4 books
  • African americans, southern states 1 of 4 books
  • Black muslims 1 of 4 books
  • Department stores 1 of 4 books
  • Freedom of movement 1 of 4 books
  • Middle class 1 of 4 books