We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTONIf I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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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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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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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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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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