I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
AL SHARPTONI believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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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 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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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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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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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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.
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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