The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
AL SHARPTONJohn Lewis is an icon in our society.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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