I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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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People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts.
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You can’t ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
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First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.
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Every victim calls us…. “Who put Sharpton in charge?” The victim!
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Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people.
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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon.
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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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Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
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Getting Democrats organized is like herding cats.
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We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.
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I’ve never seen an effective boycott that didn’t work.
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I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope. Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.
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As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn’t have to be a drug dealer.
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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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A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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One of the things that`s offensive is saying in the fifth district there`s nothing going on. This is a very vast district.
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We’ve got to look toward two years from now [January 2017] to at least provide some balance in congress.
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I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.
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The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico,
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