We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTONI think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.
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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
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John Lewis being attacked as “talk, talk, talk” by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn`t consider him a legitimate president.
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I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
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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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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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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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I 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.
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When you look at some of the appointments, there`s great concern because does it really represent all the people, and somehow figuring out how to bring the nation together.
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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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