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Al Sharpton Biography

Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a former White House adviser for President Barack Obama. 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 cable news television. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show. In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings.

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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?

Denouncing, Interlopers, Whats, White, Wrong

I`m deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states` rights rhetoric.

Consent, Decrees, Deeply, Rights, States, Use

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.

Bills, Guy, Kind, Leading, Wherever

Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.

Advocates, Believe, Cities, Department, People, Under

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.

Done, Havens, Sitcom, Things

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.

Beautiful, Believe, America, Everybody, Kept

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

Born, Spending, Deficit

I wanted to say to Governor Dean, don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering. If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering.

Iowa, Dean, Wanted, Spent, Hooting, Governor

Jeff Sessions, the person who`s likely to become our next attorney general, is striking a very different tone from our current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who announced a consent decree with the city of Baltimore.

Become, Cities, City, Different, Lynch, Next

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

Constitution, Gives, Giving, Government, Needs, Vote

My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J. F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.

Challenges, Challenging, Dad, Dwight, President, Right

I just released an op-ed in the "Washington Post" that talks about providing an I. D. so that everyone can have an I. D. , primarily, the social security card, a picture would be put on that card, and a president can certainly by executive order make this happen so that people will not need a special I. D. They`ll have one to vote.

Order, People, Providing, Released, Special

When we look back at the last years of justice department, some of the most important work that will define its legacy is the work that was done to address the problem of policing reform. Almost two dozen investigations across the country over the last eight years into - not just Baltimore, but Chicago and Baltimore and New Orleans.

Country, Justice, Legacy, New Orleans, Two, Years

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.

Architecture, Astrology, Caves, Philosophy, Pyramids, White

President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

Obama, Paris, President, Terror Attacks, Wake

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.

Action, Cities, Country, Groups, Network

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

Enough, Never Quit, Seen, Shining, Sun

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.

Christian, Presidential, Campaigns, Meet, High, 2004

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.

Existence, Long, Racism, Say, Slavery, Undeniable

Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

Cities, Department, New York, Police, York

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