Terry, Wallace
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- Wikipedia, May 23, 2009; (Wallace Terry; April 21, 1938 - May 29, 2003; African American journalist and oral historian)
- Google, 02-09-07 (Wallace Terry; Black journalist; d. Reston, Va. 05-29-2003)
- Missing pages, 2007:ECIP (Wallace Terry) data view (Terry, Wallace Noble; b. 1938; He is survived by his wife and children)
- Bloods, an oral history of the Vietnam War, c1984 (a.e.)CIP t.p. (Wallace Terry) data sheet (journalist)
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Wallace Houston Terry, II (April 21, 1938 – May 29, 2003) was an African-American journalist and oral historian, best known for his book about black soldiers in Vietnam, Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (1984), which served as inspiration for the 1995 crime thriller Dead Presidents and the Spike Lee's 2020 war drama Da 5 Bloods. Though primarily a journalist, he was also an ordained minister in the Church of the Disciples of Christ, and worked as a radio and television commentator, public lecturer, and advertising executive. He taught journalism at Howard University and The College of William & Mary, where he sat on the board of trustees.
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