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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Minister
Politician
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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John 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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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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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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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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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 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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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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James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.
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