I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
AL SHARPTONI grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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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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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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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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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`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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