My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
AL SHARPTONAnd we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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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.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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I think that you can’t choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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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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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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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’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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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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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.
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