It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
AL SHARPTONDr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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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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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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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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I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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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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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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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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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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