We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
AL SHARPTONI 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 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 remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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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 need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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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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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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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 need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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