Berry, Theodore M. (Theodore Moody), 1905-2000
Theodore Moody Berry (November 8, 1905 – October 15, 2000) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. A member of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio, he notably served as the first African-American mayor of Cincinnati from 1971 to 1975.
Born in Maysville, Kentucky, he moved to Cincinnati in his youth, graduating from Woodward High School in 1924 and serving as class valedictorian, the first African American to hold that honor in Cincinnati. Berry worked at steel mills in Newport, Kentucky, to pay tuition at the University of Cincinnati and then at its law school. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1932. Berry served as president of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP from 1932 to 1946. In 1938 he was appointed the first black assistant prosecuting attorney for Hamilton County. During World War II, Berry worked in the Office of War Information as a morale officer. The job took him to Washington, D.C. and also caused him to change his political affiliation from Republican to Democrat. From 1947 to 1961, Berry served on the NAACP Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation where he worked on equal employment and fair housing issues. He was also involved with the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati.
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