I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
AL SHARPTONDr. King used Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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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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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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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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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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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.
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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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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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