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 SHARPTONThere are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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I’m projected as an ambulance chaser, but I’m more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come…. I have never fought a case where they didn’t ask me to come.
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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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if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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We`re looking forward to the appointment of a monitor so that we can continue to do some of the things that we`ve been doing.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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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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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
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