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There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality educat...

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In 1999, I was in St. Louis with Martin Luther King III as we led protests against the state's failu...

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If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitut...

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When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as ...

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We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not ...

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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal...

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Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointmen...

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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and in...

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Following Michael Brown's death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as t...

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From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of...

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Demonstrations must be dignified and nonviolent, as the overwhelming protests in Ferguson and Staten...

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I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker...

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Al Sharpton

Minister

Born: 1954-10-03

Died: N/A

Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, talk show host and politician. Sharpton is the founder of the National Action Network. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances on cable news television.More