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 our journey.
John Hope FranklinAbout author
- Author's profession: Historian
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 2, 1915
- Died: March 25, 2009
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