My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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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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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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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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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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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.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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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 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.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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We’re not anti-police… we’re anti-police brutality.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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