We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
AL SHARPTONJohn Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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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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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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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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A 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.
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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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.
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