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.
AL SHARPTONWe won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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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 cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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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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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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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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