I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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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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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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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 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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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