. >> fauntroy: he had taken on an african name, anwar amal. >> bruce brown: he went back out and shooknd and said, "i'm back." and we said, "glad to see you." >> ♪ got nothin' but love for you barry ♪ ♪ got nothin' but love for you barry ♪ >> jaffe: i remember writing, "he's gonna run for mayor," and everybody said, "that's impossible!" >> plotkin: people were shocked and stunned and amazed and appalled. it was like, you cant do this, you served time in jail! >> he's back! ♪ >> barry: if marion barry can do it, our entire city can get up off its knees and rise up and believe in itself again and do for itself again and bring us out of where we are now again! ♪ i want to be elected >> plotkin: it was like they were doing a movie and you'd say, "oh no, that really didn't happen." but it did happen. >> give me a b! >> b! >> give me an a! >> a! >> plotkin: he had no white support, zero. i mean, infinitesimal. >> reporter: now what do you say to the white middle class and upper income voters who didn't vote for you? >> barry: get over whatever personal hang ups you got. get over it. >> jaffe