What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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 think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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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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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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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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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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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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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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