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
What do we want? Dead cops. When do we want it? Now.
But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.
You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.
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.
I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.
It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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.
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.
When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.
I've seen too much in life to give up.
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.