Set in 1947, the film examines how Pepsi CEO Walter Mack hired National Urban League staffer Edward F. Boyd to assemble an all-black national sales team to focus on the overlooked African-American market.
Mark Landsman
In 1947, Pepsi CEO Walter Mack hired National Urban League staffer Edward F. Boyd to do something no major American company had done before — assemble an all-black national sales team to focus on the overlooked black market.
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