The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Roland Burris

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Roland Burris

4/24/2000

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2000.011

State attorney general, state comptroller, and U.S. senator The Honorable Roland Burris (1937 - ) was the first African American in Illinois elected to state office, where he served as state comptroller and as attorney general before being appointed to the United States Senate in 2008. Burris was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/24/2000, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 7; Total Run Time: 03h 20m 20s

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Burris, Roland W. (Roland Wallace), 1937-

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Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1978, Burris was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Illinois, when he was elected Illinois Comptroller. He served in that office until his election as Illinois Attorney General in 1990. Since then, he has unsuccessfully run for office four more times. Burris was born and raised in t...