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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.

Al Sharpton

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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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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Become Community Country Individual Must Represent Staes United
I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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Boycott Effective Seen Work
I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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Harmony Help Job Justice King Mean Racial
A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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Civil Elect Escalate Icon President Right War
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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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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Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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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 think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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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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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.

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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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