The John Hope Franklin Lifetime Achievement Award

The John Hope Franklin Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded every four years to recognize an individual who has had a distinguished career in southern history, has contributed significantly to scholarship in the field, and who has exhibited outstanding qualities of citizenship. Nominations are solicited through notices in the Journal of Southern History.

The Award Committee to select the first winner consisted of Raymond Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, chair; Elsa Barkley-Brown, University of Maryland; Ted DeLaney, Washington and Lee University; and Stephanie Shaw, Ohio State University.