I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
AL SHARPTONMy ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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They didn’t have to be a hoodlum, they didn’t have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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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’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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