As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
AL SHARPTONThis is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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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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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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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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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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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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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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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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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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