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Mary Frances Berry

Mary Frances Berry
Dr. Mary Frances Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the former chairwoman of the US Commission on Civil Rights, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society for Legal History, the author of twelve books, and the recipient of thirty-five honorary degrees. Her most recent book is History Teaches Us to Resist. Dr. Berry has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, The Daily Show, Tavis Smiley, PBS NewsHour, CBS Evening News, Al Jazeera America News, and various MSNBC and CNN shows.


Battling American Obfuscation as a Young Black Reporter in Vietnam

Dr. Mary Frances Berry Recalls Her Experience on the Ground
March 14, 2018  By Mary Frances Berry
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