Mary Frances Berry is an American historian who is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and the former board chair of Pacifica Radio. Continue reading Profile: Mary Frances Berry (1938-)
Synopsis Born in South Africa in 1946, Steve Biko co-founded the South African Students’ Organization in 1968, subsequently spearheading the nation’s Black Consciousness Movement, and co-founded the Black People’s Convention in 1972. Biko was arrested many times for his anti-apartheid work and, on September 12, 1977, died from injuries that he’d sustained while in police custody. Early Years Bantu Stephen Biko was born on December … Continue reading Profile: Steve Biko
