Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
AL SHARPTONIf 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’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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Let 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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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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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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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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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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