We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
AL SHARPTONThe 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 built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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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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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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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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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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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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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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