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Al Sharpton
American
Activist
Born:
Oct 3
,
1954
Been
Black
People
Police
Time
You
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
Al Sharpton
Vision
King
Kin
Promoted
Some
Seems
Simply
His
Forgotten
Ignore
Chosen
Dr
Dr. King
James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.
Al Sharpton
Me
Son
Father
Way
Would
Brown
Never
Had
He
Talk
Talked
Became
James
James Brown
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
Al Sharpton
Today
God
Age
Christ
Church
Later
Minister
Became
Am
Baptist
Which
Ordination
The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
Al Sharpton
World
States
Adopt
Allies
Policy
Around
Got
Creating
United
United States
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
Al Sharpton
Government
Constitution
Vote
Gives
Federal
Federal Government
Protected
Amendment
Us
Right
Need
We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.
Al Sharpton
Black
First
Willing
Cases
Give
Leaders
Most
Because
Them
Second
Second Chances
Chances
I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'
Al Sharpton
Local
Say
Guy
Like
Learned
How
Heard
Trying
Us
Measure
Ignoring
Al
We are engaged in immediate conversations with the White House on deliberations over a successor whom we hope will continue in the general direction of Attorney General Holder.
Al Sharpton
Hope
Will
White
White House
Immediate
General
Direction
Over
Attorney
Attorney General
House
Continue
Holder
Conversations
Engaged
Successor
Whom
As a kid who grew up chubby, I just marveled at the fact that I could be thin.
Al Sharpton
Chubby
Kid
Fact
Could
Up
Just
Grew
Who
Thin
I always beat the sun up in the morning. It's the secret to why I'm double trouble.
Al Sharpton
Morning
Trouble
Secret
Sun
Beat
Always
Up
Double
Why
I actually lost more weight than I am!
Al Sharpton
Lost
More
Weight
Am
Than
Actually
In New York, you are competing with Times Square lights and all of that, so you've got to be 300 pounds and crazy to get anyone's attention. Then, you can refine yourself. I always knew under those 300 pounds and tracksuits was a refined, slim, dignified man.
Al Sharpton
Crazy
You
Man
Yourself
Dignified
Those
Slim
Pounds
Knew
Attention
Lights
New
Always
Got
Refine
Refined
Square
Times
Times Square
Get
York
New York
Anyone
Then
Competing
I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time.
Al Sharpton
Time
White
White House
Out
Thousands
Come
House
Call
Access
Same
Same Time
Happen
March
Following Michael Brown's death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as they tried to hold their heads high and deal with both their immense loss and the larger issues of police-community relations.
Al Sharpton
Death
Parents
Met
Relations
Immense
High
Tried
Following
Brown
Both
Heads
Deal
Issues
His
Ferguson
Loss
Michael
Stood
Hold
Them
Larger
In Staten Island, when you have video showing the alleged chokehold used on Eric Garner, why not go to trial and have the officer(s) explain the tape, and then this jury can determine guilt or innocence? The tape should guarantee that there should be a trial.
Al Sharpton
You
Guilt
Innocence
Trial
Alleged
Determine
Island
Go
Eric
Tape
Jury
Explain
Video
Then
Should
Used
Showing
Why
Why Not
Garner
Guarantee
In Ferguson, there are witnesses who say Brown had his hands up when he was shot. That should be enough probable cause to go to trial to then determine if Officer Wilson is guilty or not. It is at trial that he can then defend himself and his attorneys can present their own witnesses and their own defense.
Al Sharpton
Cause
Own
Defense
Enough
Trial
Say
Guilty
Wilson
Brown
Determine
Had
He
Attorneys
Himself
Witnesses
Go
His
Ferguson
Up
Officer
Hands
Probable
Then
Shot
Should
Who
Present
Defend
If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower our adversaries and enhance our marginalization.
Al Sharpton
Vote
Age
Will
Black
Big
Our
Out
ID
Voter
Adversaries
Come
Empower
Does
Ferguson
Enhance
Numbers
When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance of who we elect to our city councils, who sits on our local board of education committees, who we pick to represent us in Congress, in the Senate and more.
Al Sharpton
Education
Death
Situation
Congress
Local
Our
City
Brown
More
Pick
Reminded
Importance
Look
Missouri
Ferguson
Tragic
Michael
Michael Brown
Senate
Represent
Committees
Board
Elect
Us
Who
All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should prevent her from doing so.
Al Sharpton
Vote
Women
Law
Politician
Background
Status
All Women
Prevent
Economic
Doing
Regardless
Racial
Should
Her
Right
Civilians are arrested every single day - including innocent ones - and they must wait until their day in court in order to argue their side of the story. Police officers must be subjected to the same rules.
Al Sharpton
Day
Police
Wait
Innocent
Single
Every
Side
Rules
Must
Civilians
Argue
Until
Police Officers
Single Day
Court
Arrested
Subjected
Officers
Same
Order
Story
Including
Every Single Day
As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have been in college instead of laying in a coffin.
Al Sharpton
College
Young
Thinking
Gave
About
Brown
Fact
Week
Laying
Instead
Been
Michael
Michael Brown
Child
Stood
Should
Eulogy
Coffin
Last
Kept
Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace from volatile parts of the world. And nations everywhere thrive and prosper from the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants - including right here in the U.S.
Al Sharpton
Peace
People
World
Immigration
Desperate
Thrive
Own
Everywhere
Immigrants
Immigration Laws
Laws
Volatile
Recurring
Countries
Prosper
Parts
Around
Dealing
Methods
Contributions
Nations
Children
Theme
Including
Searching
Right
Here
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies.
Al Sharpton
Politics
Rights
Harmless
Analyzing
Civil
Civil Rights
Disturbed
Voiceless
Detrimental
Throughout
Most
Policies
Because
Advocating
Am
Years
Behalf
Children
Suffer
Championing
As a preacher who has spent significant time in churches and houses of worship all across the country, I can tell you firsthand that religious liberty and freedom are principles that can never be infringed upon.
Al Sharpton
Time
Freedom
You
Liberty
Country
Worship
Spent
Churches
Tell
Significant
Religious
Religious Liberty
Never
Principles
Houses
Firsthand
Preacher
Across
Who
If companies can refuse to provide coverage for women, what other objections to the Affordable Care Act will we see based on 'religious grounds'? For that matter, will 'religious freedom' be used as an excuse to discriminate against other minorities and disenfranchised groups across the board? Where will it end?
Al Sharpton
Freedom
Women
Matter
Care
Will
Other
Religious
Minorities
Religious Freedom
See
Objections
Excuse
Coverage
Provide
End
Discriminate
Affordable
Affordable Care Act
Disenfranchised
Refuse
Where
Against
Board
Across
Act
Used
Grounds
Companies
Groups
Based
I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy - to get into trouble. Surrounded by poor schools, lack of resources, high unemployment rates, poverty, gangs and more, I watched as many of my peers fell victim to a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities and imprisonment.
Al Sharpton
Opportunities
Trouble
Poverty
Victim
Too
Resources
Peers
Diminished
Easily
Statistic
High
Easy
Brooklyn
Rates
High Unemployment
More
Could
Fell
Schools
Been
Surrounded
Up
Imprisonment
Unemployment
Get
Lack
Vicious
Little
Poor
Cycle
Gangs
Many
Growing
Growing Up
Watched
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