Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
AL SHARPTONMany like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
AL SHARPTONWe may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
AL SHARPTONBut resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
AL SHARPTONI disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
AL SHARPTONAs 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 SHARPTONMy ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
AL SHARPTONAs 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
AL SHARPTONLife is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
AL SHARPTONI believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.
AL SHARPTONIt 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.
AL SHARPTONAnd 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.
AL SHARPTONAnd that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
AL SHARPTONI’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
AL SHARPTONSome issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
AL SHARPTONIt seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
AL SHARPTONAnd we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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