Robert Michael Franklin, president emeritus of Morehouse College, Atlanta, is former Director of the Interfaith Religion Department at the Chautauqua Institution as well as former Program Officer in Human Rights and Social Justice at the Ford Foundation. Dr. Franklin is currently James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Emory University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. from Morehouse College. He has served on White House committees under three U.S. presidents. His books include Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope n African American Communities.