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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.

Al Sharpton

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
AL SHARPTON

Attorney Constituency General Parent Particular Think Want Whosoever Yes
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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Child Could Ghetto Governor Hope Look President Ran State Walk Across
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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Assumption Enough March People Protest Sense Stand
I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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Dead Deal Drug End Man Reject Unarm
White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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Build Empire Folk Philosophy Pyramid White
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
AL SHARPTON

First Foremost Obvious Oppose People President Segment Together
How do you make things fair?
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Fair Make Thing
I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
AL SHARPTON

Appear Back Begin Believe Cautious Made Place Progress Roll Thing
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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Almost Beat Door Force Inch Life Terrible
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.
AL SHARPTON

Balance Chamber Confirmation Enough Legislative Pushback Senate Unfortunate
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
AL SHARPTON

America Black Stories
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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Attack Consider Legitimate President Said Trump
We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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Balance Congress Least Look Now Provide Some Toward Yera
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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Anything Body High Mean President School Student Vice Won
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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Crow Deal Defeat Esquire Son
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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Administration Country President Right Thing

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