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Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (born March 6, 1936) served as Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1991. His arrest in 1990 on drug charges precluded him from seeking reelection that year. After his conviction on drug charges, Barry served 6 months in prison, but was elected to the D.C. council in 1992 and ultimately to the mayoralty in 1994, serving a fourth term from 1995 to 1999. Today, Barry serves on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing Ward Eight, which comprises Anacostia and Congress Heights. Further service includes three years probation for misdemeanor charges of failing to pay federal and local taxes, and continuing to receive drug counseling after testing positive for cocaine and marijuana in October 2005.[1] ImageMetadata File history File links Marionbarry. ...
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Early life and activism
Barry was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, but grew up in Memphis, is an Eagle Scout, and graduated from LeMoyne College (now LeMoyne-Owen College) in 1958. Barry also graduated with a Masters of organic chemistry from Fisk University in 1960. Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. ...
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Afterwards he joined the American civil rights movement during a movement to eliminate racial segregation of bus passengers, and was elected the first chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He abandoned his doctoral chemistry studies at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee for his new duties. During his time leading SNCC, Barry heavily lobbied against racial segregation and discrimination. This article is becoming very long. ...
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Washington, D.C. political career In 1965, Barry moved to Washington, D.C. to open a local chapter of SNCC where he was heavily involved in coordinating peaceful street demonstrations. He served on the first city school board to implement school board elections, in 1971, and served as Board president during his tenure. He was elected a member of Washington's first elected city council in 1974, and while serving as a council member, he became chair of the Committee on Finance and Revenue. A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors of a local school district. ...
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While serving on the D.C. city council in 1977, Barry was shot by radical Hanafi Muslim terrorists when they overran District Building. Barry was shot near his heart during a two-day crisis in which hostages were held by the terrorists, and which was finally defused by the FBI, and Muslim ambassadors. Hanafi (Arabic: ØÙ†ÙÙŠ ) is one of the four schools of thought (Madhabs) or jurisprudence (Fiqh) within Sunni Islam. ...
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In 1978, Barry was elected mayor of Washington, D.C. He was only the second person elected to this position. Barry was elected to three consecutive terms as mayor and held the position for over a decade until his arrest on drug charges in 1990.
After being released from prison, Barry was successful in his 1992 bid for a city council seat, running under the slogan "He May Not Be Perfect, But He's Perfect for D.C." In 1994, Barry was elected to his fourth and final term as mayor, serving until January 1999.
From 1995 to 2001, the federally imposed Control Board deprived Barry and his successor as mayor of power to allocate and manage funds for city projects. The mayor was also involved in further scandals, eventually leading to his decision not to run for a fifth term in office. He was succeeded by Anthony A. Williams, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Control Board. After leaving office, Barry performed consulting work for an investment banking firm. Anthony Williams Anthony A. Tony Williams (born July 28, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is a United States politician who has served as mayor of Washington, D.C. since 1999. ...
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On June 12, 2004 Barry announced that he was running in the Democratic primary for the Ward 8 council seat, a position he held before becoming mayor. Barry defeated the incumbent councilmember, Sandy Allen, on September 14, 2004, by a margin of at least 60–25%, setting him up to win the Ward 8 council seat in the November general election by a margin of 96–4%. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ...
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Barry's rule as the mayor is subject of much controversy. On the one hand, he did place emphasis on helping the "down and out" in the District, who had been previously neglected by government leaders. On the other hand, his administrations were marked with corruption, croneyism, and inefficiency.
Barry still holds great political influence in D.C. apart from his direct role in government; his support for candidates commands a large portion of the vote. In the 2006 mayoral election, Barry endorsed Adrian Fenty despite Linda Cropp hiring many members of Barry's old political machine in an effort to garner his support. Adrian Fenty and family Adrian M. Fenty is a politician in Washington, D.C. who is currently serving his second term as a councilmember representing Ward 4 on the Council of the District of Columbia. ...
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Legal problems
1990 trial
 Barry captured on a surveillance camera smoking crack cocaine during a sting operation by the FBI and D.C. Police. On January 18, 1990, Barry was arrested with a former girlfriend, Hazel "Rasheeda" Moore, in a sting operation at the Vista Hotel by the FBI and D.C. Police for crack cocaine use and possession. The incident – played over and over on television – produced what is perhaps the most memorable quote of Barry's long career: "Goddamn setup . . . I'll be goddamn . . . bitch set me up." This quote refers to Rasheeda Moore. Image File history File links Marion Barry smoking crack, screenshot from surveillance video footage. ...
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Barry was charged with three counts of felony perjury, 10 counts of misdemeanor drug possession, and one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to possess cocaine; however, in October 1990, he was convicted on only one charge: a single previous misdemeanor count of possessing cocaine which occurred during November of 1989. He was acquitted on one possession charge and a mistrial was declared on the 12 remaining charges. Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...
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As a result of his arrest and the ensuing trial, Barry was forced to step down from his position as mayor. In the midst of his campaign for a city council seat, Barry was sentenced to a six-month federal prison term in October 1990.
2002 Park Police drug accusations Barry briefly used an "African" name of "Anwar Amal." He resumed using his given name shortly before his 2002 campaign for an at-large city council seat. But the bid was aborted after the U.S. Park Police alleged they had found small amounts of cocaine and marijuana in Barry's car. Barry has insisted the police planted the drugs. Barry's concern about being accused of drug crimes was so strong that in one instance, after a car of his was stolen and subsequently recovered by the police, Barry sold it without ever driving it again, claiming he feared police could have planted drugs in the car. The United States Park Police is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. ...
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2005 guilty plea On October 28, 2005, Barry pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges stemming from the IRS investigation. At the mandatory drug testing at that hearing, he tested positive for cocaine and marijuana. On March 9, 2006, he was sentenced to three years probation for misdemeanor charges of failing to pay federal and local taxes, and continues to receive drug counseling.[2][3] October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ...
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At about the same time, Barry alleged that two teenage young men robbed him at gunpoint in his home after helping him carry his groceries home. He said that young men in Anacostia routinely helped him with his groceries out of "respect." Most local observers quickly identified this as a lie, and understand that Barry was most likely robbed by his own cocaine dealers. This belief was backed up by the fact that immediately after the robbery, Barry quickly held a press conference to announce he would not press charges against his assailants, effectively assuring them they had no reason to offer Barry up in a deal with prosecutors because there would be no charges against them.
Of course, throughout his cocaine addiction and other legal troubles, Marion Barry has continued to serve with dignity on the D.C. City Council.
Health problems In 1995, Barry was successfully treated for prostate cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Barry's use of cocaine has been suggested to have been caused by the pain engendered by alleged misuse of his prostate. Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. ...
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Gasification machine In 2005 Barry supported a Gasification Machine, whose inventor, Simon Romanna, said it can cheaply turn waste into efficient gas for electricity and clean water.[4][5]
Popular culture - Barry's crack bust, trial, and subsequent re-election to the office of mayor is mentioned in the Good Charlotte song "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," in the lyrics "and if you were caught and you were smoking crack/McDonald's wouldn't even want to take you back/you could always just run for Mayor of DC."
- In the Bloodhound Gang song - "Take the Long Way Home" - the following lyric is present: "Life is like Marion Barry, It's not all that it's cracked up to be."
- In Chris Rock's "Bring the Pain" he jokes about Marion's presence at the Million Man March: "Even in our finest hour, we got a crack head on the stage".
- In the movie High School High the students attend Marion Barry High.
- Washington D.C.-based disc jockeys Don and Mike have made several jokes about Marion Barry during his term as mayor, especially regarding his legal troubles. When his term ended, Don and Mike appointed Barry "Mayor For Life" on their show. Barry continues to be featured on the show and is often impersonated by Mike O'Meara. Don will sometimes check his messages on his "blackbarry" in which Marion Barry is actually inside the "blackbarry" reading Don's messages aloud to the audience.
- The song "Epithets", by the Arlington-based duo Paul and Storm, offers a sly dig at Marion Barry's 1990 arrest with a verse about an ostensibly fictional mayor who enjoys women and cocaine, falls victim to a sting operation, and curses, "Bitch set me up".
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030900848.html
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030900848.html
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/10/AR2006011002018.html
- ^ "Gasification Machine Removed From Anacostia Parking Lot". www.nbc4.com.
- ^ "Energy Machine Demonstration Held Without Fireworks". www.nbc4.com.
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