Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Mary Frances Berry
Born: February 17, 1938 (age 86)
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)