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Books by Mary Frances Berry
  | | We Are Who We Say We Are(1st Edition) A Black Family's Search for Home Across the Atlantic World by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-997833-5, ISBN: 0-19-997833-6 "This colored Creole story offers a unique historical lens through which to understand the issues of migration, immigration, passing, identity, and color-forces that still shape American society today. We Are Who We Say We Are provides a detailed, nuanced account of shifting forms of racial identification within an extended familial network and constrained by law and social reality. Author Mary Frances Berry, a well-known expert in the f ..." |
 | | Power in Words The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House by Mary Frances Berry, Josh Gottheimer, Theodore C. Sorensen, Ted Sorensen Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2011 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0169-1, ISBN: 0-8070-0169-4 "President Obama's words are one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and administration. In Power in Words, distinguished historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry and former presidential speechwriter Josh Gottheimer introduce Obama’s most memorable speeches, from his October 2002 speech against the war in Iraq and his November 2008 election-night victory speech to “A More Perfect Union,” his March 2008 resp ..." |
 | | Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich(Reprint) Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2017 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-6198-5, ISBN: 0-8070-6198-0 "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 with limited hours are a few of the ways voter turnout is suppressed. These methods of voter suppression are pernicious, but in "Five Dollars and a P ..." |
 | | The Politics of Parenthood(Reprint) Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1994 by Penguin Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-023360-5, ISBN: 0-14-023360-1 "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 leaders, conservatives and liberals, and mothers and fathers to support parental involvement that is gender-free."--The Washington Pos ..." |
 | | Long Memory(1st Edition) The Black Experience in America by Mary Frances Berry, Professor John W. Blassingame, John W. Blassingamer Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1982 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-502910-9, ISBN: 0-19-502910-0 "This powerful, provocative survey is organized around the key issues of Afro-American history: Africa and slavery, family, religion, sex and racism, politics, economics, education, criminal justice, discrimination and protest movements, and black nationalism." |
 | | Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy by Mary Frances Berry Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2016 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-7640-8, ISBN: 0-8070-7640-6 "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 with limited hours are a few of the ways voter turnout is suppressed. These methods of voter suppression are pernicious, but in "Five Dollars and a P ..." |
 | | My Face Is Black Is True(Reprint) Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 2006 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-27705-3, ISBN: 0-307-27705-4 "âMy face is black is true but its not my fault but I love my name and my honest dealing with my fellow man.â âCallie House (1899)In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed historian Dr. Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House (1861-1928) who, seventy years before the civil-rights movement, headed a demand for ex-slave reparations. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five, House went on to ..." |
 | | The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice(2nd Edition) Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2000 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70746-9, ISBN: 0-375-70746-8 "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 legal system. The question Mary Frances Berry asks: Whose story most strongly influences the making of legal decisions in the American ..." |
 | | History Teaches Us to Resist How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times by Mary Frances Berry Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0546-0, ISBN: 0-8070-0546-0 "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 Mary Frances Berry shows that resistance to presidential administrations has led to positive change and the defeat of outrageous proposals, e ..." |
 | | Power in Words(1st Edition) The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House by Mary Frances Berry, Josh Gottheimer, Theodore C. Sorensen, Ted Sorensen Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0104-2, ISBN: 0-8070-0104-X "Includes eighteen full-length speeches The behind-the-scenes story of how eighteen speeches made a president Whatever his ratings, President Barack 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 efficacious governing weapons. In Power in Words, Berry and Gottheimer introduce Obama's most memorable ..." |
 | | Why ERA Failed(2nd Edition) Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution (Everywoman: Studies in History, Literature, & Culture) by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 164 Pages, Published 1988 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-20459-2, ISBN: 0-253-20459-3 "Why ERA Failed looks at the systemic problems of politics and the amending process. The author, Mary Frances Berry, considers the behavior of the two sides from the perspective of a historian and lawyer. She describes the history of the amending process, from the Constitutional Convention to the present day, and its application to the struggles for amendments concerned with the status of blacks after the Civil War, income tax, prohibiti ..." |
 | | And Justice for All(1st Edition) The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Freedom in America by Mary Frances Berry Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2009 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-26320-9, ISBN: 0-307-26320-7 "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 essential chapter in American history from a distinguished historian”—Nell Painter), tells of the commission’s founding in 1957 by President Eisenhow ..." |
 | | The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice(1st Edition) Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present by Mary Frances Berry Hardcover, 295 Pages, Published 1999 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-679-43611-9, ISBN: 0-679-43611-1 "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 legal system. The question Mary Frances Berry asks: Whose story most strongly influences the making of legal decisions in the American ..." |
 | | History Teaches Us to Resist by Berry, Mary Frances 232 Pages, Published 2019 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-5767-4, ISBN: 0-8070-5767-3 |
 | | History Teaches Us to Resist How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times by Mary Frances Berry 240 Pages, Published 2018 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0570-5, ISBN: 0-8070-0570-3 "But in this incisive book, historian Mary Frances Berry shows that resistance to presidential administrations has led to positive change and the defeat of outrageous proposals, even in challenging times." |
 | | The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present by Mary Frances Berry 304 Pages, Published 2011 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-79729-2, ISBN: 0-307-79729-5 "His legal relatives did not visit him and wrote letters only to ask for money. Bettie cared for him through his final illness. A local newspaper noted that the gift to Bettie Thomas Lewis reportedly made her the richest person of color in Virginia. In 1890, the Virginia Supreme Court also let Alice Strange inherit real estate from her white father, Thomas Strange, of Lynchburg. Alice was Strange's “natural daughter” by “Belle,” an ..." |
 | | Black Resistance/White Law A History of Constitutional Racism in America by Mary Frances Berry 336 Pages, Published 1995 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-1-101-65085-1, ISBN: 1-101-65085-0 "Moody repliedthat no federal lawhadbeen violated.5 W. R. Leaken, an assistant attorney generalfor the district involved, thought therewere federal grounds for a conviction. He wrote Moody for authority to askagrand jury whichwasin sessionforan indictment against the mob leaders.The attorneygeneral responded thatan indictment under federal law could beinvoked only when a federally protected right was violated. In his view,the Consti ..." |
 | | The Politics of Parenthood Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother by Mary Frances Berry 320 Pages, Published 1994 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-1-101-65145-2, ISBN: 1-101-65145-8 "Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother Mary Frances Berry. PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York ... HQ778.7.U6B49 1993 362.7'12' 0973—dc20 92–50388 Printed in the United States of America Set in Bodoni Except ..." |
 | | The Politics of Parenthood(1st Edition) Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother by Mary Frances Berry Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1993 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-83705-2, ISBN: 0-670-83705-9 "Calling for a redefinition of "good parenting," a former Carter administration official examines the history of American mothering and shapes a new parenting paradigm based on children's needs. Tour." |
 | | Black resistance, white law; A history of constitutional racism in America (Goldentree books) by Mary Frances Berry Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 1971 by Appleton Century Crofts. ISBN-13: 978-0-390-08840-6, ISBN: 0-390-08840-4 "Book by Berry Mary Frances" |
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