I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
AL SHARPTONI think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
AL SHARPTONWe never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn’t get the mule. So we decided we’d ride this donkey as far as it would take us.
AL SHARPTONPeople have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
AL SHARPTONIf you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
AL SHARPTONWhite folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
AL SHARPTONThe job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.
AL SHARPTONI think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
AL SHARPTONLet 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.
AL SHARPTONGetting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
AL SHARPTONI need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
AL SHARPTONWe have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTONI`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.
AL SHARPTONI`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
AL SHARPTONI won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn’t mean anything.
AL SHARPTONAdultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
AL SHARPTONWe need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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