I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
AL SHARPTONI believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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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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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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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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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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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.
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