We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
AL SHARPTONJohn 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 we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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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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I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the conscience of this nation.
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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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You and many others addressed yesterday as it relates to criminal justice, as it relates to voting oppression.
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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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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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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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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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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Don’t talk to us like we ignint!
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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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The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.
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John Lewis is an icon in our society.
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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