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          When novelist Bertice Berry set out to write a history of her family, she initially believed she'd uncover a story of slavery and black pain, but the deeper she....

          Berry graduated from Jacksonville University magna cum laude and was accepted to graduate school at Kent State University.

          Bertice Berry

          American sociologist

          Bertice Berry (born 1960) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator.

          Early life and education

          Berry grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, as one of seven children raised by a single mother.

          The family was poor and her mother struggled with alcoholism. In a 1994 article, Berry reflected on her upbringing and her mother's abusiveness when she was "in one of her frightening stages of drunkenness."[1] Berry ultimately forgave her mother, writing that "her drinking was a way to mask her own pain.

          Berry, who has done turns as a stand-up comedian, talk-show host, sociology lecturer, novelist, and gallery owner has devoted her talents to helping people.

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          6. I think of the burden she endured as a black woman with few resources for herself or her children."[1]

          Despite being told that she should give up on attending college,[2] Berry graduated with a B.A.

          degree, magna cum laude, from Jacksonville University in Florida in 1982. She subsequently obtained an M.A. degree in 1986 and a Ph.D. degree in 1988, both in sociology from Kent State University in Ohio.[