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.
AL SHARPTONIt 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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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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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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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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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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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