
An Evening With Franklin Thomas
1/1/2017 | 56m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the life of one of the nation’s most accomplished civic and business leaders.
Featuring Gloria Steinem, Vernon Jordan, Edward Lewis, Darren Walker, Ursula Burns and Raymond McGuire, An Evening With Franklin Thomas follows Franklin Thomas from childhood in Brooklyn to becoming one of the first African Americans to serve on several Fortune 500 boards, and in philanthropy as the first African American head of the Ford Foundation.
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Support for The HistoryMakers is provided by Toyota, AT&T, Baldwin Richardson Foods Co., Lincoln Financial Group, Apple and American Airlines. Distributed by NETA.

An Evening With Franklin Thomas
1/1/2017 | 56m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Featuring Gloria Steinem, Vernon Jordan, Edward Lewis, Darren Walker, Ursula Burns and Raymond McGuire, An Evening With Franklin Thomas follows Franklin Thomas from childhood in Brooklyn to becoming one of the first African Americans to serve on several Fortune 500 boards, and in philanthropy as the first African American head of the Ford Foundation.
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Support for The HistoryMakers is provided by Toyota, AT&T, Baldwin Richardson Foods Co., Lincoln Financial Group, Apple and American Airlines. Distributed by NETA.