I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
AL SHARPTONWe’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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How do you make things fair?
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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