People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
AL SHARPTONIt is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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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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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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