National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
AL SHARPTONAs I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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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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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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I love theology and some philosophy.
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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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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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How do you make things fair?
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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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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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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