The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009
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Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999.
Apr 26, 2024 · Marion Barry was an American civil rights activist and politician who served four terms as mayor of Washington, D.C. Barry received a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College (1958) and a master’s degree from Fisk University (1960). He was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating.
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Nov 23, 2014 · Barry was a divisive and flamboyant politician who served four terms as mayor of Washington, D.C. and fought for self-rule and social justice. He was also convicted of crack possession and became a symbol of the city's troubles and comeback.
Nov 24, 2014 · Marion Barry Jr., the Mississippi sharecropper’s son and civil rights activist who served three terms as mayor of the District of Columbia, survived a drug arrest and jail sentence, and then...
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Nov 23, 2014 · Barry, a civil rights activist and four-time mayor of Washington, D.C., passed away in 2014 after a long political career and personal struggles. He was known for his pro-business policies, his crack cocaine scandal, his comeback and his advocacy for the poor and African-Americans.
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Nov 23, 2014 · WASHINGTON (AP) — A controversial and tireless advocate for the U.S. capital who helped uplift the city’s majority black population, Marion Barry was the ultimate Washington, D.C., politician, though his arrest for drug use in the midst of a crack cocaine epidemic came to overshadow his accomplishments.
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Nov 23, 2014 · Marion Barry, the scandal-plagued former mayor of Washington, D.C., who was jailed for smoking crack cocaine before making a surprising return to office, died early on Sunday aged 78.
