We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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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.
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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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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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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 just released an op-ed in the “Washington Post” that talks about providing an I.D. so that everyone can have an I.D., primarily, the social security card.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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You can’t get a solution if you won’t talk to the people that have the problem.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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