Speech from texas across the florida up to Southern Maryland, we couldnt use a public toilet, we couldnt room in holiday inn, we couldnt buy ice cream at howard johnsons. They said our money was counterfeited. Against those odds, marion volunteered to be an unarmed soldier in the army for justice. He was not killed, but there are the wounds every soldier is a wounded soldier. When the war was over, the unarmed soldier had won the war. Today the falcons can play the panthers. He helped to make the south investment worthy and attractive. [inaudible] state legislators and the congress. No southern governor or senator has his or her name on that new south, marion was one of the architects of the new south and the new america. The little rock nine led by ernie green, the greensboro four [inaudible] led by martin king. Ralph abernathy, fred shuttles worth, Julius Hobson, hilda mason [inaudible] stokely carmichael, barr nerd Lafayette Bernard lafayette, walter [inaudible] wyatt t. Walker, sut
Friends, washingtonians, and citizens listen up. I come here today not to bury marion but to praise him. When marion was born to the theme park we call life, he open the gate. He looked and left and saw the highest space marilyn. Space mountain. Helooked to the right and saw the highest of the fine roller coaster in the world. And he saw a big fares will in front of him. Around and he said, im going to ride every ride in the park. And he did. Twice. , it was sixarion months after the riots. I was in a threepiece suit wearing five foot eight jewish boy from baltimore who are just purchased his first nightclub in the district. Black baptist from mississippi running a milliondollar corporation on u street. Two years later, marion was wearing a three piece suit and i was wearing at the she a dashiki. We became friends. My friend was never a racist. My friend was against racism. Thoseend gave a voice to people who had no voice. Gave opportunity to qualify people that had nowhere to show the
He was among Freedom Fighters of became mayors. And change the culture of those towns. Marion was a Freedom Fighter and a longdistance runner. You can cross the finish line with a resume, and add campaign, and some money and be on official but marion came not as a show horse but a workhorse. He came across the line with people in it. Lifting up the seniors and the poor and those was a backs were against the wall. He was a hero. He has got scars from his scars. He got his scars from his scars. Stars from his scars. Some will have only uniforms because they did not volunteer for the team. Cowards. Local changes a contact sport. Some make the team but never the field. Those on the field have grass stains and blood on the uniforms. No one ever hit a homerun or scored a touchdown from the bench or from the stands. If you play baseball, you get hit with a fastball sometimes. If you play football, you get tackled over and over again. Marion got bloodied, but never bowed. He died in office ser
We also know how much he contributed to the growth and to the development of his beloved District Of Columbia. There are so many marion barry stories, so many instances in which the mayor for life changed someones life or opened the door of opportunity for a person or community. Like many other washingtonians i choose to remember marion barry by remembering his lifelong commitment to building up our city and working to free it from congressionally imposed shackles the servitude to which we were relegated in the District Of Columbia. Marions own story is replete with witnessing injustices here and around the country. He knew well the daunting heights of the barriers of advancement and success faced by African Americans in this nation. And he was especially gifted at getting young people involved in creating a new future for themselves and all of us. When marion barry came to washington in 1965 to work with snic, he saw a city that in many ways was every bit as segregated as the mississi
80s, partial sunshine, and, and once again we can see a scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Lots more on the forecast, arect nice cool down on the seven day, i will have that coming up, back to you, guys. All right, tucker, thank you. Power is restored for most residents at a d. C. Neighborhood, last night about 4,000 customers lost power in the shaw neighborhood. On sunday about 5,000 customerss lost light at northeast do you to a failure on a south station now to the search for an autistic boy. More than 32 hours after he disappeared, officers found him in a car, just steps from whereh he disappeared. The younger sister told the th mother she saw him skipping down an alley way. Way. A Death Investigation is underway, including how officers and search teams missed michael. We will have more on the story coming up in a few minutes. Now to a beautiful sight on the Washington Monument is all aglow. The ceremony mark a special landmark on the repair headlines, dar horn lauren d