- Marion Barry - Wikipedia
Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr ; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) [1] was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999 A Democrat , Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia , representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in
- Marion Barry | Washington DC Mayor, Civil Rights Leader . . .
Marion Barry (born March 6, 1936, Itta Bena, Mississippi, U S —died November 23, 2014, Washington, D C ) 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)
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- Former mayor of Washington Marion Barry is dead at 78
Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule But for many, his legacy was not defined by the
- Marion Barry, Jr. (1936-2014) | BlackPast. org
Marion Barry Jr , a civil rights activist and later three term mayor of Washington, D C , was born on March 6, 1936, in Itta Bena, Mississippi His parents, Marion Barry and Mattie Barry, were sharecroppers; the family lived in relative poverty When Marion was eight years old, his mother took the family to live in Memphis, Tennessee Barry graduated from high school in Memphis and then in
- The Honorable Marion Barrys Biography - The HistoryMakers
Marion Barry was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi on March 6, 1936 From an impoverished family, he went on to become a vigorous civil rights activist and served four terms as Mayor of the District of Columbia Barry grew up in Memphis, where he attended Booker T Washington High School
- Scandal-plagued former Washington mayor Marion Barry dies
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
- From the Archives: The Charmed Life of Marion Barry
Marion Barry was born in the tiny town of Itta Bena, Mississippi, although he has told people on occasion that he was born in Memphis His given name was Marion S Barry Jr , but he adopted the middle name Shepilovk from a newspaper story while he was in college, where he discovered that, unlike his friends, he lacked a middle name
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