Unplanned Life - A Memoir

"A major autobiography of a remarkable life that broke down racial barriers, transformed institutions, and energized the struggle for justice, by the former president of the Ford Foundation"--

About the author

Franklin A. Thomas’s career spanned many civic roles, from assistant U.S. attorney to president and CEO of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. In 1979, he was named president of the Ford Foundation, where he served until 1996. The author of An Unplanned Life (The New Press), he lived in New York City until his death in 2021.

Product details

• Authors: Franklin A. Thomas, Thomas Franklin A.
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2022
• EAN: 9781620977576
• ISBN: 978-1-62097-757-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Autobiography: business and industry, Black & Asian Studies, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, Relating to African American / Black American people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs