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
If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.
I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.
Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.
I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.
So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.