If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he’s seeing a crime. He’s not seeing a person standing.
AL SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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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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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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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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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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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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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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I’ve never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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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.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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