The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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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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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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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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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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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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