I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
AL SHARPTONWe blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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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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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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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 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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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’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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