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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Al Sharpton

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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Acre After Commitment Emancipation Give Mute Proclamation Sign True
I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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Any Boycot Change Fact Historical Inconvenience Look Run Temporary Tempotray Think Time
I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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Conference Discredit Press Prosecutor Victim
I don’t think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice.
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Harmony Help Job Justice King Mean Racial
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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Activist Anything Done Known Preach Way
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
Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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Comment Cover Life Loss More Praise Trick
Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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Absolute Advocate Believe City People Consent Decree Department Police Right Thing
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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Broke Gangster Home Hoodlum President Run States United
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
And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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Address Feel Fire Hold Issue Think Well
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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Corner Enough Go Keep Never Quit Shine Sun Thing
The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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Activist Cause Change Job People Social Tense
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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Deter Icy Leader Other Rain Remind Silence
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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Better Brutal Cincinnati Continual Dignity Economic Person Police Problem Ride Say Shame Walk
When you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
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Boycott Deal Effective Enough Everyone Need

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