Head Start, the Job Corps and Legal Services. Berry returned to Cincinnati in 1969 and was appointed to City Council in 1971. He was elected mayor in 1972 and served for four years—Cincinnati's first African-American mayor. In the 1980s and 1990s, Berry struggled to return proportional representation to Cincinnati because he firmly believed that it gave a fair share of power to Black voters. Death and legacy Berry died at the age of 94 on October 15, 2000. Other prominent black Cincinnatians such as Marian Spencer and Judge Nathaniel R. Jones considered Ted Berry a role model. The city of Cincinnati has named both a street and a park after Berry. Associations and awards Mayor Berry was a Prince Hall Freemason and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Alpha Alpha chapter. He was one of the founders that helped charter Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter, December 21, 1929, in Columbus, Ohio. In 1979, the NAACP honored Berry by awarding him the William Robert Ming Advocacy Award for the spirit of financial and personal sacrifice displayed in his legal work. References External links Finding Aid for Theodore M. Berry papers, Archives and Rare Books Library, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1905 births 2000 deaths Mayors of Cincinnati NAACP activists African-American lawyers Ohio lawyers University of Cincinnati alumni American civil rights lawyers Charter Party politicians People from Maysville, Kentucky 20th-century American politicians African-American mayors in Ohio People of the United States Office of War Information Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) alumni 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century African-American politicians African-American men in politics