The HistoryMakers video oral history with Michele Clark Jenkins.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 56 min., 13 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318139
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Michele Clark Jenkins
Michele Clark Jenkins
Other authors / contributors:Jenkins, Michele Clark, 1954- 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 Atlanta, Georgia 2005 August 3.
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Summary:Lawyer and media executive Michele Arleen Clark Jenkins was born on July 29, 1954, in Pennington, New Jersey. She earned her B.A. degree in anthropology from Princeton University; and her J. D. degree from New York University School of Law. She also earned a certificate in negotiation from Harvard University. She practiced law in Los Angeles and began her media career as a writer and producer for HBO. She became president and CEO of the Black Education Network. The company's mission was to create programming the represents African-American perspectives. Clark was also president of United Image Entertainment, and vice president of the Black Family Channel. She was a senior consultant for Griffin & Strong, P.C. and served as project manager for several disparity studies and goal setting initiatives, including one for the Georgia Department of Transportation. Jenkins is the co-author and editor of Sisters in Faith Bible (2013).