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.
AL SHARPTONThere are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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Dr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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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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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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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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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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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