Berry, Faith.

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Author and editor; b. Faith Daryl Berry in 1939.

From the description of Papers, 1963-1984 (bulk 1971-1983). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424382

Author and editor.

From the description of Papers of Faith Berry, 1963-1984 (bulk 1971-1983). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132494

Biographical Note

  • 1939, May 29: Born, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1962: B.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
  • 1962 - 1964 : Editorial assistant, New Yorker magazine, New York, N.Y.
  • 1964 - 1965 : Institut des Professeurs de Français a l'Etranger, Sorbonne,Paris, France
  • 1965 - 1967 : Free-lance writer and editor, Paris, France
  • 1968 - 1970 : Copy editor, Congressional Quarterly, Washington, D.C.
  • 1969: Certificate, French/English translation, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
  • 1970: M.A., Comparative Literature, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
  • 1972 - 1975 : Associate editor, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • 1975 - 1977 : Staff writer and associate editor, WETA/TV-FM, Washington, D.C.
  • 1976 - 1977 : Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Task Force on Africa
  • 1979 - 1980 : Media coordinator, President's Advisory Committee for Women, Washington, D.C.
  • 1980: Contract work, Department of Labor Women's Bureau, Washington, D.C.
  • 1983: Published Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem. Westport, Conn.: L. Hill. 376 pp.)

From the guide to the Faith Berry Papers, 1963-1984, (bulk 1971-1983 ), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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creatorOf Papers of Faith Berry, 1963-1984 (bulk 1971-1983). Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Papers of Faith Berry, 1963-1984 (bulk 1971-1983). Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Ethel L. Payne Papers, 1857-1991, (bulk 1973-1991) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Benjamin H. Lehman Papers Bancroft Library
creatorOf Papers of Faith Berry, 1963-1984 (bulk 1971-1983). Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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African Americans
African Americans
African American women
American poetry
Poets, American
Feminism
International Women's Decade, 1976-1985
Women
Women
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