Mary Frances Berry

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Mary Frances Berry is a Professor for the History Department in the University of Pennsylvania with 77 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1986 Forum as a Member for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The year with the most videos was 2001 with 15 videos as a Chair for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2014 with an average of 2,333 views per program. Most appearances with Cruz Reynoso (16), Christopher Edley Jr. (14), Yvonne Lee (13). Most common tags: Election 2000, Civil Rights, African Americans.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 1987 - Present Professor, History Department, University of Pennsylvania

Videos: 10

Previously

Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights c. November 19, 1993 - c. December 7, 2004 Videos: 52 Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights c. January 1, 1980 - c. December 7, 2004 Videos: 14 Professor, History Department, Howard University c. January 1, 1980 - c. January 1, 1987 Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

March 13, 2018
Mary Frances Berry on the Resistance Movement

Historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry talked about her book, History Teaches Us to Resist, which details the…
January 15, 2018
Authors on Race in America

April Ryan, author and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, moderated a panel discussion on race in Ame…
November 14, 2017
U.S. Civil Rights Commission 60th Anniversary

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. To mark the 60th anniversary, current and former co…
May 30, 2017
Race In America

April Ryan moderated a panel discussion on race in America with Mary Frances Berry, author of Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sa…