The HistoryMakers video oral history with Kent B. Amos.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Kent B. Amos.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 51 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Amos, Kent, -- 1944- -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11312360

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Kent B. Amos Kent B. Amos
Other authors / contributors:	Amos, Kent, 1944- interviewee. Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 June 9. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Corporate and nonprofit chief executive Kent B. Amos was born on May 21, 1944 and raised in northwest Washington, D.C. After serving in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, he graduated from Delaware State University and was hired by Xerox Corporation, becoming the youngest corporate director in the company's history. Returning to his childhood neighborhood, Amos and his wife began fostering at-risk children. In the 1980s, he left corporate America to devote himself full time to helping families with at-risk youth. In 1991, Amos founded the nonprofit Urban Family Institute (UFI); and, in 1994, created Kids House, a safe, academically supportive after-school program. In 1998, Amos founded the Community Academy Public Charter School, where he served as chief executive officer. The Community Academy became a model for charter schools. Amos, a popular public speaker, was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, received numerous awards and was ordained as a deacon.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 51 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color. 025115
Playing Time:	02:51:15
Production Credits:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey.