Jack T. Franklin 1922 – 2009
Posted on | September 25, 2009 | No Comments
Jack T. Franklin, 1922 - 2009
Philadelphia Daily News, Posted on Wed, Sep. 23, 2009
Jack T. Franklin, photographer dies at 87
By JOHN F. MORRISON
WHEN MARTIN Luther King Jr. led civil-rights marchers through Alabama’s Jim Crow country, Jack T. Franklin was there.
When King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, Jack T. Franklin was there.
When Cecil B. Moore stormed the walls of Girard College to open the school to black students, Jack T. Franklin was there.
And when entertainers like Sam Cooke, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle and countless others arrived to perform in Philly, Jack T. Franklin was there.
There wasn’t much going on in Philadelphia that affected African-Americans over the past 50 years that Jack T. Franklin didn’t record with his camera.
The African American Museum has more than 500,000 of his negatives, and that, it is believed, is merely the tip of the iceberg of Jack’s amazing career.
Jack Theodore Franklin died Sunday at age 87. Read more…
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