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
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
People working at the arenas are not just depending on one or two concerts. I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
Brown became like a father figure to me who insisted I live the life of a monk, let alone a minister. I had to stay in the hotel he stayed in, stay in my room, and he would almost select my girlfriends. He was very adamant that he had promised my mother that I would not go wayward on the road, and he enforced it. So even though I knew the entertainment world, I was not of the entertainment world -- and not by any choice of my own. He promised my mother that he'd make sure I was never on drugs, that I never lost my head, and that he'd take care of me himself. And he did.
but I also see him evolving into a new generation.
I'm not interested in being Archie Bunker, I'm looking forward to becoming George Bush.
I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.
This is no time for bowing and scraping. This is no time for buck dancing and genuflecting. Our people are dying in Iraq, are being drowned in New Orleans, and you're going to sit around scared?
I do not think the responsible thing to do, as this congressman is doing, is to try and put out a mass panic.
I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom. There were discussions between Paramount and someone else for a television series, but they have ended. I'm not interested in being Archie Bunker, I'm looking forward to becoming George Bush.
I think you don't support people based on one or two cases of situations. You deal with their balance over the long run.
Mr. President, read our lips. Our votes are not for sale.
Clearly Bush has become that, especially after Katrina, ... We've gone from fire hoses to levees.
You ought to make one commitment in her name to yourself. You ought to resolve that you are going to do something that makes a difference because we're here because she made a difference.
Not only are we now getting convictions of police on misconduct, but actually for the conspiracy. This is a real blow to the blue wall of silence.