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.
AL SHARPTONAny use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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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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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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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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I can’t see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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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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We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
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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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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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