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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Roland Burris
The Honorable Roland Burris
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| Other authors / contributors: | Burris, Roland W., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Bieschke, Paul, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 April 24.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | State attorney general, state comptroller, and U.S. senator Hon. Roland Burris was born in Centralia, Illinois. He earned his B.A. degree in political science from Southern Illinois University in 1959. He stud earned his J.D. degree from Howard University in 1963. Burris was a federal bank examiner before holding several positions at the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company (now Bank of America). In 1973, he was appointed director of the Illinois Department of General Services. In 1978, Burr was elected Comptroller of the state of Illinois, the first African American elected to statewide office. He served three terms before he was elected attorney general in Illinois in 1990. Burris returned to public service on December 30, 2008, when he was appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich to the U.S. Senate, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Barack Obama, who resigned when he was elected President of the United States.
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