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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.
Nov 23, 2014 · Barry was a divisive and flamboyant politician who served four terms as mayor of Washington and fought for the city's self-rule. He was also known for his crack cocaine arrest and conviction, which he overcame to return to public office.
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 ...
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).
Nov 23, 2014 · That legacy was remembered Sunday at the White House upon news of Barry’s death. “Marion was born a sharecropper’s son, came of age during the Civil Rights movement and became a fixture in D.C. politics for decades,” President Barack Obama said.
Nov 24, 2014 · WASHINGTON — Marion S. Barry Jr., a sharecropper’s son and civil rights pioneer who became a flamboyant and polarizing mayor of Washington, went to prison on a cocaine charge and then ...
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.
