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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
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Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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As a Baptist minister, I don't have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business none of us should stand in their way
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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.
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I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
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I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, then we`ve got to constantly challenge him.
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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've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
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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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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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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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The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against this don't have enough sense to stand up for their own interests.
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I've seen too much in life to give up.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for everybody.
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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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We just have to hope and pray that this man [Donald Trump] is changed in terms of how he views the world community.
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Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
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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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When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.
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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity, I'm willing to make some sacrifices. And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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