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
We in Washington, D.C., are experiencing the best of times but yet the worst of times. The number of jobs is rising, but so is unemployment. Go to these construction sites. You'll find that a majority of construction workers are not District residents.
She was the people's champion working tirelessly for equality and justice.
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.
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.
If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.
I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
People have criticised me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are.
The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.
I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?
Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.
First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.
Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.