Students participating in the Duke University John Hope Franklin Young Scholars Program toured Saint Augustine’s University as part of their mini-research project on Dr. John Hope Franklin. Mr. Frederick Sills Jr., circulation manager in the Prezell R. Robinson Library, gave a historical presentation on Saint Augustine’s University as well as on Dr. Franklin’s legacy at Saint Augustine’s University.

The John Hope Franklin Young Scholars program seeks to nurture a love of the humanities among high-potential Durham Public Schools middle school students, particularly underrepresented minorities, by exposing them to the highest principles and most vivid examples of university