John Lewis is an icon in our society.
AL SHARPTONThey 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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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 think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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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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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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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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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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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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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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