July 1, 2001 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: 30 SECONDS

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, DUKE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY EMERITUS, WILL READ FROM EARLY DRAFTS OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, TENTATIVELY TITLED VINTAGE YEARS, IN A PUBLIC PROGRAM AT THE COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM, THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING, TEN FIRST STREET, S.E., ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, AT 6 P.M. NO TICKETS ARE REQUIRED.

DR. FRANKLIN, THE AUTHOR OF FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND RACIAL EQUALITY IN AMERICA, AMONG OTHERS, IS THE FIRST DISTINGUISHED VISITING SCHOLAR AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS UNDER THE NEW JOHN W. KLUGE ENDOWMENT.