Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Mary Frances Berry

Born: February 17, 1938 (age 87)
Bio: Mary Frances Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Known for:
- My face is black is true (2005)
- Black Resistance/White Law (1971)
- Long memory (1982)