Roland W. Burris : commercials, 1978-1994.

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Roland W. Burris : commercials, 1978-1994.

Commercials used during Burris' campaigns for the 1978, 1982, and 1986 state comptroller, the 1984 U.S. senatorial, the 1990 state attorney general, and the 1994 gubernatorial elections in Illinois, Democratic Party.

3 commercials (on 2 videoreels) : sd., col. ; 1 in.1 commercial (on 1 videoreel) : sd., col. ; 2 in.14 commercials (on 4 videocassettes)(U-matic) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.3 commercials (on 2 sound tape reels) : analog, 7 1/2 ips.

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University of Oklahoma. Political Commercial Archive

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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...