We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTONWe built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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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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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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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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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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A picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I.D. They`ll have one to vote.
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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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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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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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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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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 think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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I remember the president-elect [Donald Trump] saying that I`m going to do something to dramatically, positively change communities, particularly in urban areas.
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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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So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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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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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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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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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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