John Hope Franklin Receives Medal from President and Mrs. Clinton
This photograph of President Bill Clinton presenting historian John Hope Franklin with the Presidential Medal of Freedom as First Lady Hillary Clinton looks on was taken in 1995. Franklin received the medal, the highest honor a civilian can receive from the president, for his groundbreaking work charting the history of race in America.
- Photographer
- Unknown
- Date of Work
- September 29, 1995
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum/NARA