Bertice Berry
Bertice B. Berry (born 1960) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator.
Biography
Berry grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, as one of seven children. She graduated with a B.A. degree magna cum laude from Jacksonville University in Florida in 1982. Berry subsequently obtained an M.A. degree in 1986 and a Ph.D. degree in 1988, both in sociology from Kent State University in Ohio.[1] In 1994, she was awarded an honorary D.H.L. degree by Jacksonville University.[2]
She later worked as an entertainer, lecturer, and comedian. She was the host co-executive producer of her own nationally syndicated talk show, The Bertice Berry Show, from 1993 to 1994. According to legend, the show's September 1993 debut was delayed by news coverage of the Israel-Palestine peace treaty; when the show finally aired an hour later, Berry quipped "We've got peace, now here's Bertice." Alas, the show never found an audience and production shut down seven months later.
Besides having her own talk show, Berry has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, TEDx Talk, CBS Nightwatch, CNN's Crossfire, and Sonya Live.[3]
She is the author of a memoir entitled I'm On My Way, But Your Foot Is On My Head, as well as several novels. She wrote The Ties That Bind: A Memoir of Race, Memory and Redemption about her African American heritage [4]
Berry lives in Savannah, Georgia, where she is the co-owner of Iona's Gallery & Great Finds.
References
- ↑ Bertice Berry Biography - website Brief Biographies
- ↑ Honorary Degrees Awarded - website of the Jacksonville University
- ↑ Winslow, Harriet (1994-01-18). "They Get Passing Grades at Talk-Show U". LA Times. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ↑ Bertice Berry, The Ties That Bind: A Memoir of Race, Memory and Redemption, Broadway Books, 2009, p. 8.