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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dennis Terry.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dennis Terry.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Terry, Dennis, 1944-
  • Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer)
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 44 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Nonprofit executive Dennis Leon Terry was born on October 26, 1944 in Smithfield, North Carolina. He attended North Carolina's Lucille Elementary School, Buckingham Junior High School and Technical High School. In 1964 he attended Howard University, where he was a hurdler and long jumper for the track team. He graduated with his B.A. degree in economics in 1968. After graduation, Terry became the operations manager for the Long Island Lighting Company in New York City until 1993. Terry was a founding member of the Mid Bronx Senior Citizens Council (MBSCC), organized in 1971. He was the chairman of the New York Urban League's Bronx Borough Board and attended the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana. From 1976 until 1996, Terry was a board member of the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporations (SoBRO) and of the Bronx Lebanon Hospital from 1981 to 1982. Terry retired to his residence in the Bronx, New York.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Dennis Terry
  • Dennis Terry
Subject
  • Terry, Dennis, 1944- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Nonprofit Executive Civic Leader
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
1003150573
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dennis Terry.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
024438
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Adrienne Jones, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2007 October 25.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Nonprofit Executive Civic Leader.
Added Author
Terry, Dennis, 1944- interviewee.
Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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