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.
AL SHARPTONI always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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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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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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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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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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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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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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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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