It 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.
AL SHARPTONThe Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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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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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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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 O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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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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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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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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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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