1. Ted Berry graduated from Woodward High School in 1924 and served as class valedictorian, the first African American to hold that honor in Cincinnati.
10 Facts About Ted Berry
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Ted Berry worked at steel mills in Newport, Kentucky, to pay tuition at the University of Cincinnati and then at its law school.
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Ted Berry served as president of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP from 1932 to 1946.
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In 1945, Berry defended three black Army Air Force officers, members of the Tuskegee Airmen, who had protested a segregated officer's club in Indiana.
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From 1947 to 1961, Ted Berry served on the NAACP Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation where he worked on equal employment and fair housing issues.
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Ted Berry was involved with the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati.
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Ted Berry began his Cincinnati political career in 1947 when he ran for City Council.
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Ted Berry was chairman of the finance committee in 1953 and led a controversial battle to create a city income tax.
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Ted Berry was one of the founders that helped charter Alpha Rho Lambda chapter, December 21,1929, in Columbus, Ohio.
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In 1979, the NAACP honored Ted Berry by awarding him the William Robert Ming Advocacy Award for the spirit of financial and personal sacrifice displayed in his legal work.