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The making of Marion Barry, Part 3: ‘There was no way we could win’
In the final part of WTOP’s three-part series “The making of Marion Barry,” Barry puts together an unusual coalition and draws on his background in the civil rights movement to pull off an upset.
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The making of Marion Barry, Part 2: Street activist to power player
In the second part of WTOP’s three-part series “The making of Marion Barry,” the future mayor arrives in a very different D.C. to the one we know today.
6 months ago -
The making of Marion Barry, Part 1: A DC mayor’s activist beginnings in the South
The first part of WTOP’s three-part series “The making of Marion Barry” looks at how the future mayor got his start in the civil rights movement before coming to D.C.
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DC Uprising: After the riots, an activist on trial
On the second night of the unrest following Dr. King’s assassination, Rufus Mayfield, a community activist, and co-founder of the organization Pride Inc., was out on the streets of D.C. to calm tension. He would witness a police officer fatally shoot a 15-year-old boy. But months later, it would be Mayfield who would go on trial. This story is part of the series, “DC Uprising: Voices from the 1968 Riots.”
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Marion Barry honored with bronze statue on Pennsylvania Avenue
Marion Barry, D.C.’s “Mayor for life” was memorialized and honored with an 8-foot bronze statue outside the Wilson Building on Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday.
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Marion Barry memorial statue revealed in new photos
Pictures from artists at Weitzman Studios in Maryland show a full-body clay model of Barry smiling and waving, wearing a suit and snakeskin shoes.
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Oral history documents Barry’s 1978 mayoral race
The project captures the voices of an army of D.C. residents who fought to see Marion Barry, then a brash young politician who shook up a political world that was used to a quieter style of politicking, win the 1978 race for mayor.
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Oral history archive of former DC mayor Marion Barry debuts
The oral history archive is debuting Monday with a ceremony at the John A. Wilson Building. The archive of video interviews will be housed at George Washington University’s Gelman Library.
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Friends, former classmates holding candlelight vigil for Christopher Barry
Former high school classmates and friends of Christopher Barry will gather Wednesday night at Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest D.C. for a candlelight vigil in honor of the son of the former D.C. mayor who died at age 36 last weekend.
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Marion Barry’s son dies of an overdose
The son of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, has died of a drug overdose, NBC Washington reports. He was 36 years old.
3 years ago -
Recommendations submitted for how D.C. will honor Marion Barry
WASHINGTON — One year after his death, a D.C. commission is recommending ways the city can permanently honor “Mayor For Life” Marion Barry. They include placing a bust or statue of Barry in the Wilson…
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Public weighs in on how to honor ‘Mayor for Life’
WASHINGTON — A special commission is working on ways to permanently honor D.C.’s “Mayor For Life,” Marion Barry, in every quadrant of the city, and Wednesday night the group heard suggestions from the public. The…
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Special election held in D.C. Tuesday
WASHINGTON — D.C. is holding a special election Tuesday to fill the council seats left open after the death of Marion Barry and the election of Muriel Bowser as mayor. Residents of Ward 4 and Ward…
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Police: Christopher Barry threatened bank teller
WASHINGTON — Marion Barry’s son Christopher may be facing new legal trouble. NBC4 reports Christopher Barry is accused of threatening a bank teller Tuesday Jan. 14 after she told him his account was overdrawn and he couldn’t…
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Marion Barry’s son carries on father’s Christmas tradition
WASHINGTON — The late Marion Barry years ago started a holiday tradition to help provide Christmas toys for kids in Ward 8 who might otherwise not get one. This Christmas, his son carried it on. On…
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