Terry is a man who has broken many racial boundaries.
He is a prize-winning author, journalist, radio and television commentator, producer, performer, and public speaker. This led to a job at The Washington Post , then Time Magazine, where he became the first black Washington correspondent for the mainstream media and the first black news magazine reporter. During the Vietnam War, Terry traveled to Saigon where he was deputy bureau chief for Time and the first black war correspondent for the mainstream media. He covered the Tet Offensive, flew combat missions with American and South Vietnamese pilots, and joined assault troops. Since his front line coverage of Vietnam, Terry has worked in a variety of positions and places in the media.