Mary Frances Berry: 8 books
Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich
Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
A timely and nonpartisan book on voter manipulation and electoral corruption—and the importance of stimulating voter turnout and participation
Though voting rights are fundamental to American democracy, felon disfranchisement, voter identification laws, and hard-to-access polling locations...
History Teaches Us to Resist
How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times.
Despair and mourning after the election of an antagonistic or polarizing president, such as Donald Trump, is part of the push-pull of American politics. But in this incisive book, historian...
by Mary Frances Berry
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
This is the story of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, through its extraordinary fifty years at the heart of the civil rights movement and the struggle for justice in America.
Mary Frances Berry, the commission’s chairperson for more than a decade, author of My Face Is Black Is True (“An...
The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice
Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
From the head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and noted professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, a groundbreaking book that examines both civil and criminal court cases from the Civil War to the present, to reveal the impact of stereotyping--race, class, gender--on the American...
Power in Words
The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Whatever his ratings, Obama remains personally popular, widely acknowledged for his soaring oratory. His words were one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and are proving to be among his most effective governing weapons.
In Power in Words, distinguished historian and civil rights...
My Face Is Black Is True
Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Acclaimed historian Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House who, seventy years before the civil-rights movement, demanded reparations for ex-slaves. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five, House (1861-1928) went on to fight for African American pensions...
Black Resistance/White Law
A History of Constitutional Racism in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1995
How the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights
From the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence...
The Politics of Parenthood
Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1994
A distinguished scholar presents a landmark historical perspective on parenthood in America. This trailblazing book suggests that behind the rhetoric of maternal responsibility are issues of power, resources, and control. "Berry's book could be a significant impetus for corporate executives and political...