The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
AL SHARPTONSo 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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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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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 may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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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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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
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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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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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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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