AUTHOR TOM SHERWOOD DISCUSSES HIS BOOK DREAM CITY

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Event Date(s): 05/11/1994 | Event Location(s): Today New York Studio;Washington D C | Description: AUTHOR TOM SHERWOOD DISCUSSES HIS BOOK DREAM CITY B&W CLIP OF REFLECTING POOL AND WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND LONG SHOT OF CAPITOL; AND OF PRES JOHNSON MAKING SPEECH SEEN. EXTERIOR OF WASHINGTON BUILDING SEEN. STILL OF BOOK DREAM CITY SEEN. IN LIVE STUDIO INTERVIEW AUTHOR TOM SHERWOOD EXPLAINS TITLE DREAM CITY; NOTES WASHINGTON IS UNAMERICAN; CLAIMS THEY DONT CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY; NOTES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD; STATES THE PEOPLE ARE 2ND CLASS CITIZENS; EXPLAINS ITS BECAUSE OF RACISM; DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF RACISM IN WASHINGTON; NOTES THE PRESIDENT SHOULDNT APPOINT JUDGES; THEY NEED A LOCAL ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEY NEED TO TAX THOSE WHO WORK IN WASHINGTON; CLAIMS CONGRESS HAS LINE ITEM VETO OVER EVERYTHING; DISCUSSES MARION BARRYS CAREER AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS; AND SAYS HES NOT SURE BARRY WILL RUN FOR MAYOR AGAIN AS HE SAYS HE WILL. CLIPS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL SWEARING IN MARION BARRY AS MAYOR. BARRY GIVES SPEECH. B&W SURVEILLANCE CLIP OF BARRY BEING ARRESTED IN HOTEL ROOM ON 1-18-90. (COLOR) BARRY WALKING WITH POLICE IN CROWD; AND BARRY DANCING IN AFRICAN DRESS ON OUTDOOR PLATFORM SEEN. TA; EJ=:43; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH DATES Producers: NBC;MOORE