[1] She was good friends with fellow Open housing advocate James Groppi.
[1] She ran for mayor of Milwaukee in 1972, becoming the first African-American woman to do so, but lost the race to incumbent Henry Maier.
[1] Though she had recently joined the Black Panther Party, she ran a non-partisan race for mayor.
[3] Berrien was a supporter of Milwaukee Alderperson Michael McGee Jr., even after his 2008 convictions for bribery and extortion, believing he was set up by the government.
[5] In April 2021 there was an effort to rename a Milwaukee park currently named for Charles Lindbergh in her honor.