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.
AL SHARPTONPeople 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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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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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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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.
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I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior.
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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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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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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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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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