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When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
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Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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