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 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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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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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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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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