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 SHARPTONWhile the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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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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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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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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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`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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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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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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