We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
AL SHARPTONWe won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
AL SHARPTONWe must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
AL SHARPTONWhat I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
AL SHARPTONA war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
AL SHARPTONWe blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
AL SHARPTONYou hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
AL SHARPTONif we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
AL SHARPTONMy dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTONWhat’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
AL SHARPTONWe`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
AL SHARPTONYou deal with their balance over the long run.
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.
AL SHARPTONWe’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
AL SHARPTONThis is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
AL SHARPTONLife is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
AL SHARPTONThen I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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