Terry, Wallace

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Terry, Wallace
Date of birth
1938-04-21
Date of death
2003-05-29
Place of death
Reston (Va.)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Oral history Journalism
Occupation
Journalists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 53067874
Wikidata: Q7962906
Library of congress: n 83166280
Sources of Information
  • 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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Wikipedia description:

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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