Al Sharpton Quotes, Holiday Quotes, Black Quotes

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

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How do you make things fair?

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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

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People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.

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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.

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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.

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I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.

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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?

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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.

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America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.

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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.

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A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewis said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.

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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has, and that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.

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I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

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President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

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I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me.

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If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

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We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!

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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.

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