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 SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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The Democratic Party hasn’t whipped anybody into a frenzy.
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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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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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Life is about not where you start, but where you’re going. That’s family values.
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I’ve seen too much in life to give up.
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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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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.
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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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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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