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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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If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
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I've never seen an effective boycott that didn't work.
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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
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People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he`ll follow through on his promises.
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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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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. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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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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How do you make things fair?
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I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.
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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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We`re going to continue to move forward and fight. I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.
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I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
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There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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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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I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
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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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