The Department of African American Studies invites all to attend The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) Feller Lecture featuring Dr. Mary Frances Berry, who will discuss her service as a Commissioner and Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and her time as a leader in higher education as Provost of the University of Maryland and as Chancellor of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Before her exceptional service as Provost and Interim Chair of BSOS, Dr. Berry joined the University of Maryland in 1970, where she served as Director of Afro-American Studies from 1970 to 1974. 

In 1984, Dr. Berry co-founded the Free South Africa Movement (FSAM), cited as one of the determining factors in bringing an end to apartheid.  For her contributions to the realization of this historic achievement, she was named one of the recipients of the Nelson Mandela Award from the South African Government in 2013. Since 1987, Dr. Berry has been the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is advisor to students in African American History and Legal History, and teaches courses on US Legal History; History of Law and Social and Policy; and Law and Social Change in Modern America.

The event will be held on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 from 5:00pm-6:30pm in the Colony Ballroom at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union. RSVP using the link below.

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For more information: https://bsos.umd.edu/event/feller-lecture-dr-mary-frances