My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTONWe cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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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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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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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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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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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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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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