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Mayor for Life

Four-time mayor of Washington, DC, Marion Barry, Jr. tells his shocking and courageous life story, beginning

in the cotton fields in Mississippi to the executive offices of one of the most powerful cities in the world.

Known nationally as the disgraced mayor caught on camera smoking crack cocaine in a downtown hotel room

with a mistress, Marion Barry Jr. has led a controversial career. This provocative, captivating narrative follows the

Civil Rights activist, going back to his Mississippi roots, his Memphis upbringing, and his academic school days, up

through his college years and move to Washington, DC, where he became actively involved in Civil Rights, community

activism, and bold politics.

In Mayor for Life, Marion Barry, Jr. tells all—including the story of his campaigns for mayor of Washington, his

ultimate rise to power, his personal struggles and downfalls, and the night of embarrassment, followed by his term

in federal prison and ultimately a victorious fourth term as mayor. From the man who, despite the setbacks, boldly

served the community of Washington, DC, this is his full story of courage, empowerment, hope, tragedy, triumph,

and inspiration.


Authors:

  • Marion Barry, Jr.
  • Omar Tyree

Narrator:

  • Beresford Bennett

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 13 h 16 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Biographies
  • Autobiographies
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Warfare
  • Social science


  • 18 books

    Omar Tyree

    New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is a popular national speaker, and a strong advocate of urban literacy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at OmarTyree.com.

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