I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
AL SHARPTONThis 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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I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.
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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.
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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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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I have the right to express myself. Once we get through expressing, do we really move forward in society.
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We 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.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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Baltimore is just embarking down this road.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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