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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al Sharpton
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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
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Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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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. The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.
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It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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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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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
Al Sharpton
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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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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If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.
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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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While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.
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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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America can't work for only some people and become a dream for all people. It has to work for everyone. And even though everyone might not end up at the same place, if everyone starts with the same beginning, then that's the dream fulfilled. We all don't have the same abilities, but we should have the same opportunities.
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If a cop sees a person running out of a store with a gun he's seeing a crime. He's not seeing a person standing.
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I've seen too much in life to give up.
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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.
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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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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.
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The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American.
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Some issues you just - you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
Al Sharpton
I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
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