Boundary Stones
Marion Barry and the Bus Boycott That Launched His Career in D.C.
Special | 3m 6s
Longtime Mayor Marion Barry kickstarted his career in D.C. politics by leading a bus boycott.
Marion Barry wasn’t always Washington, D.C.’s “Mayor For Life.” When he arrived in Washington in 1965, he was a chemistry teacher-turned-civil rights activist with SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Less than a year later, he was leading a bus boycott that challenged inequities in transportation — and kick-started a political career which would last decades.
Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA
Boundary Stones
Marion Barry and the Bus Boycott That Launched His Career in D.C.
Special | 3m 6s
Marion Barry wasn’t always Washington, D.C.’s “Mayor For Life.” When he arrived in Washington in 1965, he was a chemistry teacher-turned-civil rights activist with SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Less than a year later, he was leading a bus boycott that challenged inequities in transportation — and kick-started a political career which would last decades.
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Boundary Stones is a local public television program presented by WETA