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.
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More Al Sharpton Quotes
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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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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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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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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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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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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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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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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