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Berry was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended public schools. She earned bachelors and master's degrees at Howard University, a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan, and the jurist doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School. She is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia. Dr. Berry has received 28 honorary doctoral degrees and many awards for her public service and scholarly activities, including the NAACP's Roy Wilkins Award, the Rosa Parks Award of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Ebony Magazine Black Achievement Award. She is one of 75 women featured in I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America. Sienna College Research Institute and the Women's Hall of Fame designated her one of "America's Women of the Century." Dr. Berry was Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder where she was also professor of History and Law. She was Provost of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park, She has held faculty appointments at Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Michigan, and Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1977, she served as the Assistant Secretary for Education in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) until 1980. She was a Vice Chair of the Civil Rights Commission in 1980-82, and has been a Commissioner since that time. From 1990-91, Dr. Berry was the president of the Organization of American Historians. Dr. Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary Frances Berry became Chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on November 19, 1993. An Independent, she was reappointed to the Commission by the President in January 1999. In 2003 among other occasions, Dr. Berry took part in Du Bois scholar symposium 'The Souls of Black Folk' at the University of Wisconsin. Reference: University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Department of History 208 College Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6379 ACLU Racial Justice
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