| 词条 | Bertice Berry |
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Bertice B. Berry (born 1960) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator. Early life and educationBerry 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. 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.[3] In 1994, she was awarded an honorary D.H.L. degree by Jacksonville University.[4] CareerAfter completing her doctorate, Berry taught sociology at Kent State University.[5] In the early 1990s, she left academia to work as an entertainer, lecturer, and comedian. She was the host and co-executive producer of her own nationally syndicated talk show, The Bertice Berry Show, from 1993 to 1994.[2] According to legend, the show's September 1993 debut was delayed by news coverage of the Israel-Palestine peace treaty; when the show finally aired an hour later, Berry quipped "We've got peace, now here's Bertice."[6] Alas, the show never found an audience and production shut down seven months later, in summer 1994.[7] Besides having her own talk show, Berry has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, TEDx Talk, CBS Nightwatch, CNN's Crossfire, and Sonya Live.[8] She is the author of two memoirs entitled The World According to Me (1996) and I'm On My Way, But Your Foot Is On My Head: A Black Woman's Story of Getting Over Life's Hurdles (1997), as well as several novels. She also wrote The Ties That Bind: A Memoir of Race, Memory and Redemption (2009) about her African American heritage.[9] Berry's self-help book about her weight-loss journey is entitled A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets (2010), and it won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional) in 2012.[10] Berry lives in Savannah, Georgia, where she is the co-owner of Iona's Gallery & Great Finds.[7] References1. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/220163187/|title=Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas on September 11, 1994 · Page 96|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-03-03|language=en}} 2. ^1 {{Cite book|title=Hush, Honey: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor|authorlink=Daryl Cumber Dance|last=Dance|first=Daryl Cumber|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=1998|isbn=|location=New York|pages=621}} 3. ^Bertice Berry Biography - website Brief Biographies 4. ^Honorary Degrees Awarded - website of the Jacksonville University 5. ^{{Cite journal|last=Gregory|first=Deborah|year=April 1994|title=Bertice Berry|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9404271937/bertice-berry|journal=Essence|volume=24|pages=51|via=EBSCOhost}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=O'Malley|first1=Kathy|last2=Collin|first2=Dorothy|title=O'Malley & Collin INC.|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-09-14/news/9309140022_1_guv-white-house-accord|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 14, 1993}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|date=2005|title=Berry, Bertice|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/bertice-berry|website=Encyclopedia.com|publisher=Thomson Gale|accessdate=4 March 2017}} 8. ^{{cite news|title= They Get Passing Grades at Talk-Show U |publisher= LA Times|date=1994-01-18|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-18/entertainment/ca-12903_1_bertice-berry-show|accessdate=2010-08-23 | first=Harriet | last=Winslow}} 9. ^Bertice Berry, The Ties That Bind: A Memoir of Race, Memory and Redemption, Broadway Books, 2009, p. 8. 10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://abc7.com/archive/8548831/|title=NAACP Image Awards 2012: Full list of winners|work=ABC7 Los Angeles|access-date=2017-03-04|language=en}} External links
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