My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
AL SHARPTONI’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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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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There 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.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.
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What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I’m being effective, because I’m not trying to make them comfortable.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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I`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.
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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Then I should be praised for it, and it’s more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
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