Boundary Stones

Marion Barry and the Bus Boycott That Launched His Career in D.C.

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.

Marion Barry and the Bus Boycott That Launched His Career in D.C.

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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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