A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
AL SHARPTONI think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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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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You deal with their balance over the long run.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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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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We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
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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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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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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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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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