The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

a fellow African American and a former swimming coach at Howard University. "White male hippies over 50"[citation needed] is how Berry described the programmers and audience of KPFA in Berkeley. Rumors of board actions involving the sale of flagship stations such as KPFA were widely circulated by the programmers.

D. degrees from the University of Michigan. At Penn Berry teaches American legal history.