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 SHARPTONWe’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I’m a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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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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I haven’t done the things I’ve done to be in a sitcom.
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The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don’t have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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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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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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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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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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