The HistoryMakers video oral history with J. Terry Edmonds.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with J. Terry Edmonds.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Edmonds, J. Terry, -- 1949- -- 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/11337208

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with J. Terry Edmonds J. Terry Edmonds
Other authors / contributors:	Edmonds, J. Terry, 1949- interviewee. Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. Stearns, Scott, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Scott Stearns. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2013 October 26. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Speechwriter Terry Edmonds was born on September 9, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland. Edmonds graduated from Morgan State University with his B.A. degree in English in 1973. After working for many years in public relations, U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume hired Edmonds as a press secretary in 1988. Edmonds then went on to work in public relations for companies such as Macro Systems, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the University Research Corporation, and R.O.W. Sciences. He was then hired as a speechwriter for President William J. Clinton in 1995, making him the first African American speechwriter for a U.S. President. In 1999, he was promoted to the director of speechwriting and assistant to the president. Edmonds then went on to work as a speechwriter for Time Warner, Inc., the Corporation for National and Community Service and NASA. He was also appointed as associate vice president and editorial director of Columbia University.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color. 022952
Playing Time:	02:29:52
Production Credits:	Videographer, Scott Stearns.