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  • An Evening With Franklin Thomas

    Follow philanthropic and business leader Franklin Thomas from his beginnings in New York’s Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood to the corporate board room in An Evening With Franklin Thomas. Taped in New York City on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the AXA Equitable Center, in front of a standing room only audience, the program features appearances by Gloria Steinem, Darren Walker, Vernon Jordan, Ursula Burns, Edward Lewis, Henry Schacht, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Judge Albie Sachs, Gay McDougall, Raymond McGuire, and video interviews of 35 others, An Evening With Franklin Thomas provides viewers an inside look into the life and career of one of the nation’s most accomplished civic and business leaders, Franklin Thomas.

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  • A Night With Mayor Sylvester Turner

    A Night With Mayor Sylvester Turner, In Salute To Houston HistoryMakers is a one-on-one interview with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, hosted by ChaseSource CEO Anthony Chase. Taped at the Granville M. Sawyer Auditorium at the historic Texas Southern University, A Night With Mayor Sylvester Turner follows Turner from his birth in the Acres Farms neighborhood, to his education at the University of Houston and eventually Harvard Law School, to his law career and storied tenure in the Texas House of Representatives, and his bids for Houston’s mayoralty in 1991, 2003, and triumphantly in 2015. The program features clips and commentary from many of the forty other HistoryMakers that have been interviewed in Houston, including: Texas Southern University Provost Bobby L. Wilson, obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. L. Natalie Carroll, astronaut Dr. Robert L. Satcher, Jr., former Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority International President Mattelia B. Grays, Attorney Anthony Hall, Jr., former NBA star David Lattin, and many others.

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  • An Evening With The HistoryMakers: Chicago Stories

    Hosted by actor/producer Harry Lennix and actress/director Regina Taylor, with music provided by music producer/vocalist Terisa Griffin and her eight piece band, An Evening With The HistoryMakers: Chicago Stories was taped in Chicago on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at The Art Institute of Chicago, and showcases for the first time the amazingly rich history of Chicago's African American community, a richness that many need to be reminded of amidst the violence and turmoil that has plagued Chicago. Special guest presenters include Valerie Jarrett, Deval Patrick, Reuben Cannon, Wayne Baker Brooks, Terri Gardner, Eric Johnson, Don Jackson, Linda Johnson Rice, Audrey Smaltz, and Brenda Gaines.

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  • An Evening With Eric Holder

    An Evening With Eric Holder is a one-on-one interview with former United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., a dedicated public servant whose career has been committed to civil and human rights, and racial justice. Hosted by opinion writer for the Washington Post, and MSNBC contributor, Jonathan Capehart, An Evening With Eric Holder provides a rare inside look into the life and career of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder would become the first African American to hold three of the nation’s most high-profile legal positions – U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Deputy U.S. Attorney General, and finally, U.S. Attorney General, the third longest-serving in the country’s history. Through it all, the audience will see a doting father, a faithful husband, and a light-hearted friend. Musical performances by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Raul Midón, as well as R&B singer and songwriter KEM make An Evening With Eric Holder a night that audiences will not soon forget.

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  • An Evening With Valerie Jarrett

    An Evening With Valerie Jarrett provides a unique inside look at civic leader and businesswoman Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. Taped at the historic Art Institute of Chicago and hosted by veteran NPR journalist Michele Norris, An Evening With Valerie Jarrett explores Jarrett's fascinatingly rich life and career, as well as the legacy of her storied family. A lawyer, Jarrett gave up her career in private practice to join the historic administration of Chicago's first African American Mayor, Harold Washington. Her career would take her to private real estate development, and eventually, advising the historic campaign and administration of the fifth African American United States Senator, and the first African American President of the United States - President Barack Obama. An Evening With Valerie Jarrett will keep viewers wanting more.

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