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speech from texas across the florida up to southern maryland, we couldn t use a public toilet, we couldn t room in holiday inn, we couldn t buy ice cream at howard johnson s. 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 [i ....
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, i m going to ride every ride in the park. and he did. twice. , it was sixarion months after the riots. i was in a three-piece 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 million-dollar 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 th ....
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 someone s 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. marion s 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 segregat ....
he was among freedom fighters of became mayors. and change the culture of those towns. marion was a freedom fighter and a long-distance 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 ....
to join the search are about a dozen off-duty t.cd.c. firefighh are going through theh th neighborhood looking for michael kins purringy who hakins bury, o water. he loves to play for water, so o there s a concern with swimmingw pools and other small bodies ofs water and they re not too far away, will. understandable, bob barnardod with the story. a support for embattledd kenneth ele ellerbe. el a group of people expressed their displeasure with the way y the city council was treating ellerbe. they suggest politics and race e had something to do with it. it paul wagner is here with the the story. reporter: 20 or so people pe gathered reporters on thers on e 5th floor of the building and questioned why the chief was taking so much heat from the d.c. members of the council. co. and they called that nobody called of the recision nation of the previous chief and suggested that. race with a high-profile endorsement from the firefighters union. i too, feel that things ....