The unfortunate part is there`s not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation for there to be enough pushback.
AL SHARPTONPresident Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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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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As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual.
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If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I’d still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.
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So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.
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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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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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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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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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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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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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How do you make things fair?
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During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
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