Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
AL SHARPTONIt was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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