My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
AL SHARPTONThe dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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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 think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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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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I just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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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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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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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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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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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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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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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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