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
During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.
Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.
People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.
President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time.
Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also understands the emergency of the state of young black men in America.
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.
I'm not interested in being Archie Bunker, I'm looking forward to becoming George Bush.
If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.
It is the responsibility of everybody to stand up against people that are biased and racist and see them for the cowards that they are.
It seemed like what he ignored was the weapons of mass destruction in America -- broken levees in New Orleans are weapons of mass destruction, Mr. Bush.
We're going to use this Amadou Diallo case to stop this in these United States once and for all. Just like we needed the federal government to come into Alabama and Mississippi 30 years ago, we need the federal government to come into New York to deal with the police today.
We want arrests. We want indictments. We want prosecution.