His most recent acquisition is an AT-6 training plane used by the Tuskegee airmen, the black pilots who flew as the 332nd Fighter Group in World War II.
Mr. Barron is a self-described fighter and strong advocate for his predominately black district, which includes parts of East New York and Brownsville, some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city.
For the Liberal Democrats, Peter Black AM said Mr Clarke "was a persistent fighter whose campaigns on behalf of young people have helped to set the agenda in Wales for many years to come".
Others movies that had been in the running had been Darren Aronofsky for ballet-themed drama Black Swan, Christopher Nolan for high-tech thriller Inception and David O Russell for boxing movie The Fighter.