America lost another Great one in History Marion Barry RIP
One of the most popular swear words in Jamaica. Though this word doesn't have an actual meaning or english translation, it is mostly used as an exclamation of shock, surprise, anger, frustration or for any other intense emotions.
As sited in a You Tube video that captured Rob Ford at a restaurant. In Rexdale aka ward 2
Barry died Sunday at 78. His family said in a statement that Barry died shortly after midnight at the United Medical Center, after having been released from Howard University Hospital on Saturday. No cause of death was given, but his spokeswoman LaToya Foster said he collapsed outside his home.
Marion Barry also suffered from hypertension and diabetes which for me is two chronic illness killers of the black community. This is what should be talked about, ways in which his health could have been protected.
We already know that Barry had a six-month term in federal prison which was not the end of his political career. To many the talks about his 1990 hotel room saga is not the memory of this man. To many district residents, particularly lower-income blacks, he was still a hero, someone unfairly persecuted for personal failures.
Barry returned to the D.C. Council in 1992, representing the poorest of the city’s eight wards. Two years later, he won his fourth and final term as mayor. The electorate was starkly divided along racial lines, and Barry advised those who had not supported his candidacy to “get over it.”
“Marion Barry changed America with his unmitigated gall to stand up in the ashes of where he had fallen and come back to win,” poet Maya Angelou said in 1999. Let's not get it twisted he done for many that no other could do.
With great concern as an advocate I will continue to feel that no person is with out faults, as I stand here with an attempt to highlight and recognize Barry's great acknowledgements, in a time when history is the only thing we have to fight for I would rather tell my Son age 15 that a man died today who was once the mayor, of DC and he did great things.
Despite his history of political and legal controversies, Barry was a popular and influential figure in the local political scene of Washington, D.C. Thealternative weekly Washington City Paper nicknamed him "Mayor for life," a designation that remained long after Barry left the mayoralty.[4] TheWashington Post has stated that "to understand the District of Columbia, one must understand Marion Barry
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry
Being from Toronto born in the 70's yes I said 70's my worldly knowledge of black historians has been quite slim, but I believe that knowledge is power. I will continue to use social media as a platform to be a Social And Health advocate. My 9:16 am search lead to these different comments on twitter under the hashtag #RipmarionBarry.
@Read2RapMusic: “@JaNursing: @BigTiggerShow I've been saying the same thing from morning @Read2RapMusic http://t.co/CpbHsTHgfx” always bringing up Old Bleep
@Fox5DCAllison: He gave me my first paying job in the business with his summer youth program. #RIPMarionBarry #MayorForLife
@BigTiggerShow: #RIPMarionBarry.. Really disappointed to see this as the #headline for the passing of our…
@Kyrondo: @num1_fan @JaNursing @90zBy @CP24 They hated Barry when he was expanding black middle class & making millionaires long b4 addiction.
@Fox5DCAllison: He gave me my first paying job in the business with his summer youth program. #RIPMarionBarry #MayorForLife
@DCDGS: To a man who dedicated his life 2 #elevateDC quality of life 4 all residents & visitors.. "Thank You" #RIPMarionBarry
@num1_fan: @JaNursing @90zBy Of all the actors and politicians with drug addiction, wonder how many of them got the "cocaine" headline from @CP24. Smh
@__KMicheIle: I will cherish the memories of the wisdom he passed on to me when I interviewed him #RIPMarionBarry @fox5newsdc
@HuggyLowdownDC: #RIPMarionBarry I'm giving thanks to the Man that gave me and a whole lot of people in DC their first JOB! #SYEP
@num1_fan @90zBy @CP24 our #Toronto mayor has gone on with worst not in 1990 but in 2014 #RIPMarionBarry
So for today let's continue to remember a man who crossed boundaries that others have not crossed.
Let's continue to show and teach our youths that blacks have paved the way for many.
RIP Marion Barry
Lesson learned this has been your Social Buzz with Michelle Smith your Health and Social advocate the Voice of Toronto.
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This is the twitter message that evoked my feelings today @CP24: Former DC mayor Marion Barry, who staged comeback after 1990 crack cocaine arrest, dead at 78
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