You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
AL SHARPTONMany like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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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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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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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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The GOP’s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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