We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
AL SHARPTONWe never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
AL SHARPTONPeople in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
AL SHARPTONI don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
AL SHARPTONI 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.
AL SHARPTONWe must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
AL SHARPTONThe 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.
AL SHARPTONA 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.
AL SHARPTONI always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
AL SHARPTONWe don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
AL SHARPTONAs 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.
AL SHARPTONI 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.
AL SHARPTONThe Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
AL SHARPTONDonald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
AL SHARPTONWe need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
AL SHARPTONAmerica has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
AL SHARPTONLet me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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