Marion Barry
Marion Barry
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr.was an American politician who served as the second Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 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 and in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014. In the 1960s he was involved in the Civil Rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 March 1936
CityItta Bena, MS
CountryUnited States of America
I'm just outraged by this. Our young people have enough problems already.
She was the people's champion working tirelessly for equality and justice.
It was an awful lease for the city, but we've now put a cap of $610 million on the costs.
I want somebody fired for this. If somebody doesn't get fired for this, you're not doing your job.
I've gone through the Civil Rights Movement. I've seen courts and mayors and white people do things, you turn your back and they undo it. And we don't need that ... so I speak a little different about it. I've experienced this kind of double-dealing, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.
The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.
When you know more, you can do more.
I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.
And no offense, but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses—and so that we don’t have to be scrounging around in our community clinics and other kinds of places—having to hire people from somewhere else.
I had my bad times. But the good news is that every time this has happened I've taken full responsibility for it. I don't try to duck it, I don't try to dodge it, I don't try to bullshit about it. Truth crushed to the ground will rise again. And that's what my life has been about.
People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!
The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.