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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

Al Sharpton

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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Campaign Christian High Presidential Time
So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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Back Better Blood Crack Father Hold Mean Mother Pocket Tell
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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Country Night People Picture Sit Talkie Walk
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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Crow Deal Defeat Esquire Son
So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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Community Department Happen Police Relationship Sure Want
Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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Country Culture Everybody Inferior Respect Rule Through Treat Welcome
I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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Advance Appear Clearly Consent Express Right Session State Use
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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Cause Much Own Play Theatric Way
My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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Challenge Challenges Dad President
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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America Black Stories
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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Almost Beat Door Force Inch Life Terrible
Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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Balance Bet Black Country Like Many Nation Operate Show Talk Told
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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Broken Consent Country Decree Department Help Long Place Police Reform Work
The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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Country Educate Education Government Obligation People Young
We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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Divide Forward Move
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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Attack Consider Legitimate President Said Trump

We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

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