Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr.is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a trusted White House adviser who, according to 60 Minutes, has become President Barack Obama's "go-to black leader." 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 Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. In 2011, he was named the host of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth3 October 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Don't talk to us like we ignint!
We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country.
The GOP`s freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?
If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey... then I should be praised for it, and it's more of a comment on them than me that it would take tricks to make them cover the loss of life.
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
I've seen too much in life to give up.
I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.… This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope.… Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem giants who will stand up for our children.
I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
We're going to show up and turn around this country. This is not the end of the day, this is the beginning of a regeneration of a movement.
It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, "Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity, I'm willing to make some sacrifices." And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.