We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTONAnd 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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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don’t be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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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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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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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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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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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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