As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
AL SHARPTONEvangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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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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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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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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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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