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The HistoryMakers
An Evening With Franklin Thomas
Season 1
Episode 4
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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