Marion Barry
| Marion Barry | |
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| Member of the Council of the District of Columbia for Ward 8 |
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In office January 2, 2005 – November 23, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Sandy Allen |
| Succeeded by | LaRuby May |
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In office January 2, 1993 – January 2, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Wilhelmina Rolark |
| Succeeded by | Eydie Whittington |
| 2nd and 4th Mayor of the District of Columbia | |
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In office January 2, 1995 – January 2, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Sharon Pratt Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Williams |
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In office January 2, 1979 – January 2, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Washington |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Pratt Kelly |
| Member of the Council of the District of Columbia for the At-large district |
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In office January 2, 1975 – January 2, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | John Ray |
| 1st Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | |
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In office 1960–1961 |
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| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | Charles McDew |
| Personal details | |
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Marion S. Barry, Jr. March 6, 1936 Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | November 23, 2014 (aged 78) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Blantie Evans (1962–1964) Mary Treadwell (1972–1977) Effi Slaughter (1978–1993) Cora Masters (1993–2014) |
| Children | Marion (with Slaughter) |
| Alma mater |
LeMoyne–Owen College Fisk University University of Kansas University of Tennessee |
| Religion | Baptist |
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) 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 Movement, first as a member of the Nashville Student Movement and then serving as the first chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Barry came to national prominence as mayor of the national capital, the first prominent civil rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city. He gave the presidential nomination speech for Jesse Jackson at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. His celebrity was transformed into international notoriety in January 1990, when he was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials on drug charges. The arrest and subsequent trial precluded Barry seeking re-election, and he served six months in a federal prison. After his release, he was elected to the Council of the District of Columbia in 1992. He was elected again as mayor in 1994, serving from 1995 to 1999.
Despite his history of political and legal controversies, Barry was a popular and influential figure in Washington, D.C. The alternative weekly Washington City Paper nicknamed him "Mayor for life", a designation that remained long after Barry left the mayoralty.The Washington Post once stated that "to understand the District of Columbia, one must understand Marion Barry".
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