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Al Sharpton
American
Activist
Born:
Oct 3
,
1954
Been
Black
People
Police
Time
You
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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.
Al Sharpton
Racism
Long
Society
Our
Way
Say
Ways
Though
Cases
Blatant
Long Way
Undeniable
Days
Come
Inequality
Still
Existence
Discrimination
Modern
May
Often
Less
Many
Now
Saturate
Slavery
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.
Al Sharpton
Life
Food
Mom
Family
Me
You
Cleaning
Ride
Mother
Values
Made
Single
Way
Would
Brooklyn
Table
About
Pocketbook
Put
She
Single Mother
Domestic
Walked
Going
Family Values
Taught
Where
Subway
Scrub
Worker
Used
Who
Rag
Floors
Her
Start
Raised
There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people.
Al Sharpton
Happiness
Education
Quality
People
Opportunities
Goals
Giving
Believe
Those
We Cannot
Neighborhoods
Cities
Citizens
Wealthy
Rural
Rural Areas
Entire
Area
No Reason
Pursue
Quality Education
Continue
Truly
Same
Children
Cannot
Suburbs
Then
Reason
Groups
Why
Receive
Inner
Marginalize
Chance
My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what you would want our government to do.
Al Sharpton
Government
Time
You
Picture
Own
Think
Everyone
Our
Border
Would
About
Message
Hear
Just
Children
Want
Them
Migrant
Then
Next
Your
Next Time
Near
I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
Al Sharpton
You
Will
Seen
Corner
Enough
Sun
Know
Shining
Going
Just
Turn
Keep
Things
When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.
Al Sharpton
Work
Great
Rights
People
Speak
Sacrifice
Took
Those
Immense
Easily
Battles
Civil
Civil Rights
Put
Terms
None
Era
Were
Won
Discuss
Often
Behind
Movements
Romantic
Sustained
Place
Them
Fought
It is up to us to change laws on the books like 'Stand Your Ground' laws and push elected officials to enact regulations that hold police officers to the same standards as the rest of society. This is why we vote.
Al Sharpton
Change
Vote
Police
Rest
Society
Books
Laws
Push
Like
Police Officers
Enact
Up
Officers
Same
Officials
Hold
Elected
Us
Elected Officials
Stand
Your
Ground
Regulations
Standards
Why
You don't need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police.
Al Sharpton
You
Police
Cause
Enough
Must
Indictment
Someone
Civilians
Arrest
Any
Probable
Order
Sufficient
Need
Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor do I believe that most are bad. But there must be a transparent, impartial and fair system to judge those that engage in criminal or unethical acts.
Al Sharpton
Me
Judge
Police
Believe
Criminal
Those
System
Bad
Must
Impartial
Clear
Fair
Most
Police Officers
Said
Nor
Repeatedly
Officers
Unethical
Engage
Transparent
Acts
From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of some preconceived idea of fear, our lives and our children's lives are not being valued.
Al Sharpton
People
Fear
Black
Our
Our Lives
Valued
Out
Unarmed
Some
Driving
Idea
Over
New
Preconceived
Just
Being
Children
While
Racial
Lives
Profiling
Phenomenon
Pulled
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
Al Sharpton
Commitment
King
Non-Violence
Passive
Used
Gandhi
Dr
Dr. King
Resistance
The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer.
Al Sharpton
Prayer
School
Right-Wing
Constitutional
Wing
Bear
Arms
Around
Always
Amendment
Right
I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers.
Al Sharpton
Easy
Never
Make
Going
Again
Fat
The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the country serve as stark reminders that we must have a say in who polices us, and how that policing is done. We must, we must, let our voices be heard on Election Day.
Al Sharpton
Death
Day
Election
Country
Our
Say
Must
Cases
Horrific
Voices
Reminders
Policing
Island
How
Eric
Ferguson
Heard
Done
Us
Election Day
Across
Who
Serve
Garner
Stark
Not graduating high school on time leads to fewer chances of attending college and obtaining good paying jobs, and creates instead higher chances of incarceration and unemployment.
Al Sharpton
Time
Good
School
College
Jobs
High
High School
Higher
Attending
Instead
Leads
Obtaining
Unemployment
Fewer
Graduating
Creates
Incarceration
Paying
Chances
Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.
Al Sharpton
Today
Tomorrow
Defines
Terrorist
Terrorists
Friend
Who
Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
Al Sharpton
King
Took
General
He
Principles
Another
Era
Place
Confronted
Things
Dr
Universal
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
Al Sharpton
Black
Sullivan
Would
Almost
Ed Sullivan
Go
Up
Grew
Holiday
Act
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.
Al Sharpton
Love
People
Philosophy
Kinds
Rarely
Some
About
Read
Very
Any
Fiction
Theology
Biographies
I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march.
Al Sharpton
War
First
Every
Out
Spoke
Come
Anti-War
Candidate
Against
March
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.
Al Sharpton
School
President
High
High School
Student
Student Body
Won
Vice
Vice President
Anything
Mean
Body
I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
Al Sharpton
Word
Sense
Truest
Patriot
I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
Al Sharpton
Life
My Life
Before
Preach
Other
Else
Way
Never
Known
Than
Done
Anything
Anything Else
Activist
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
Al Sharpton
Health
Care
Carry
Constitutional
Constitutional Right
Charlton
Health Care
Grandma
Why
Rifle
Right
If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
Al Sharpton
You
Passion
Wife
Black
Seen
Would
Had
Been
His
Stirred
Up
Same
Accused
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
Al Sharpton
You
Cause
Too Much
Own
Too
Way
Get
Much
Your
Play
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