Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

Ninety years of American history as lived by the nation's preeminent African American historian and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining twentieth-century transformation, the dismantling of legally-protected racial segregation.A renowned scholar, he has explored that transformation in its myriad aspects, notably in his 3.5 million-copy bestseller, From Slavery to Freedom.And he was, and remains, an active participant.