The poor and marginalized of America’s capital city were his core constituents, and as their champion, Marion Barry Jr. led by an example of resilience. They watched him fall and defiantly get back up; they listened like a family as he explained his failings, his many crises and predicaments, and they forgave him; they nodded knowingly when he blamed his troubles on persecutory racism by white authority; they heard him defend himself, and they said, “We love you; we feel your pain.” Read full article >>
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Paul Duggan, Washington Post U.S.
Sun, 11/23/2014 - 5:52pm
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