It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
AL SHARPTONIf 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 think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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.
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Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.
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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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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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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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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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