Bertice Berry
Bertice Berry (born 1960) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator.
Biography
Berry grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. She graduated magna cum laude from Jacksonville University in Florida, and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Kent State University in Ohio, at the age of 26.
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. She has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CBS Nightwatch, CNN's Crossfire, and Sonya Live.[1]
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 [2]
Berry lives in Savannah, Georgia, where she is the co-owner of Iona's Gallery & Great Finds.
References
- ↑ 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.
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