White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
AL SHARPTONAnd 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.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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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’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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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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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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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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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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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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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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