Any 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.
AL SHARPTONIf O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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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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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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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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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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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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The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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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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How do you make things fair?
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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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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I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
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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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