As 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.
AL SHARPTONSomebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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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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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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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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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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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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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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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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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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