Required Speaker on Thursday
University of Pennsylvania history professor, author and activist Dr. Mary Frances Berry will speak to students in a special guest lecture on campus in the Center for the Arts on March 31.
Attendance at the keynote speech and the following discussion is required of all students. The evening schedule:
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Keynote (40 minutes) and Q & A (20 minutes)
8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Informal dessert reception
For more than four decades, Dr. Mary Frances Berry (shown below) has been one of the most visible and respected activists in the cause of civil rights, gender equality and social justice. Serving as Chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Dr. Berry led the charge for equal rights and liberties for all Americans over the course of four Presidential administrations. A trailblazer for women and African-Americans alike, she also became the first woman of any race to head a major research university as Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches the history of American law and the history of law and social policy.
More information about Berry - who is a fellow of the Society of American Historians and of the National Academy of Public Administration, as well as a distinguished fellow of the American Society for Legal History - can be found here.
