Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
AL SHARPTONNational Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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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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