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Nov 1, 2010 · MARTIN: Roland Burris is a Democrat. He is the junior senator representing Illinois. He is, as we mentioned, the only African-American in the upper chamber of Congress at this time. And he joined ...
Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) [1] is an American politician. He was a United States Senator from the state of Illinois. He is 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 was in that office until his election ...
Dec 31, 2008 · Mr. Burris served briefly in 1977 as executive director of Operation Push, the civil rights organization founded by Mr. Jackson. Mr. Burris was the state’s comptroller from 1979 to 1991, and was ...
Dec 30, 2008 · By Ryan Grim. 12/30/2008 04:30 PM EST. On Election Day in November, Roland Burris walked alone to his polling place and was greeted by a local news team working on a historical piece about African ...
Mar 15, 2009 · Roland Burris’s paternal grandfather was born in Tennessee, but around the turn of the last century he moved to Centralia, a small city two hundred and seventy miles south of Chicago, in the ...
His name was Roland W. Burris and while he was only with the OCC for a brief period, he has gone on to make history elsewhere in the U.S. Roland W. Burris, First African-American National Bank Examiner. In 1978, Burris became the first African-American elected to statewide office within the state of Illinois when he became State Comptroller.
Roland Wallace Burris (lahir 3 Agustus 1937) adalah mantan Senator Amerika Serikat dari negara bagian Illinois dan anggota Partai Demokrat. Pada tahun 1978, Burris menjadi orang Afrika-Amerika pertama yang menjabat di pemerintahan negara bagian Illinois , tepatnya sebagai Illinois Comptroller .
