My Face Is Black Is True Callie House And the Struggle for Ex-slave Reparations

Mary Frances Berry was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She received a bachelor's and master's degree at Howard University, a doctorate in history from the University of Michigan, and a juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Dr. Berry has received many awards for her public service and scholarly activities, among them the NAACP's Roy Wilkins Award and Image Award, the Rosa Parks Award of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Ebony Magazine Black Achievement Award. In addition to having been the chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission for eleven years, Dr. Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches history of American law. She lives in Washington, D.C. From the Hardcover edition.Berry, Mary Frances is the author of 'My Face Is Black Is True Callie House And the Struggle for Ex-slave Reparations', published 2006 under ISBN 9780307277053 and ISBN 0307277054.