Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. was born on March 6, 1936, in the small town of Itta Bena, Mississippi. Barry was raised within a family of modest means, in a place where poverty was commonplace. When Barry was young, his father died, and his mother moved...

Long-time mayor of Washington D.C., Marion Barry (born 1936) followed his third term in office with a conviction on cocaine possession charges, but Washingtonians had not seen the last of him. Released from prison in 1992, three years later, Barry...

Marion Barry, wife separating after 8 years From Journal Sentinel wire reports Thursday, April 4, 2002 Washington -- Former Mayor Marion Barry and his fourth wife are separating after eight years of marriage. "A little more than a week ago,...

Early this week I saw my first Barry election posters tacked onto telephone poles in my Ward 3 neighborhood. "Barry" is printed vertically in white letters on an environmentally gentle leaf-green background-a color specifically chosen, the campaign director said, "to denote freshness and newness."...

Federal prosecutors said Councilman Marion Barry failed to file his tax returns on time for a seventh year in a row, and they asked a judge to send the former mayor to jail.In a court document filed Wednesday, prosecutors said Barry, who last year got...

Former Mayor Marion Barry was acquitted Wednesday of drunken driving and other offenses stemming from his arrest last year near the White House.Barry, now a District of Columbia Council member, had been charged with driving under the influence, operating a vehicle while impaired, driving an...