Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Terry Hillard.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Hillard, Terry G.
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Stearns, Scott
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 32 min., 56 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

City official Terry Hillard was born on August 11, 1943 in South Fulton, Tennessee. One of ten children, Hillard's family moved to Chicago while he was still young. At the age of nineteen, Hillard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served for thirteen months in Vietnam. Upon his return to Chicago, Hillard entered the Chicago Police Training Academy where he rose through the ranks, eventually being appointed as Chicago police superintendent by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Hillard later returned to school and received his A.A. degree from Loop Junior College as well as his B.S. and M.S. degrees in corrections from Chicago State University. In 2003, Hillard retired from the Police Department and the following year, co-founded Hillard Heintze LLC, a security advising company. In 2005, he contributed to the book Chicago Police: An Inside View about his leadership in the Chicago Police Department.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Terry Hillard
• The Honorable Terry Hillard

Subject

• Hillard, Terry G. > Interviews
• Hillard, Terry G
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Police Superintendent

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Scott Stearns.

OCLC

997169159

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Terry Hillard.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

023256

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Larry Crowe, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Event

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2010 May 24.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Police Superintendent.

Added Author

Hillard, Terry G., interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Stearns, Scott, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.