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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: About Any Biographies Fiction Kinds Love People Philosophy Rarely Read Some Theology Very I Love

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My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Age Am Baptist Became Christ Church God Later Minister Ordination Today Which I Am

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We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Because Black Cases Chances First Give Leaders Most Second Them Willing

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When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Battles Behind Civil Civil Rights Discuss Easily Era Fought Great Immense Movements None Often People Place Put Rights Romantic Sacrifice Speak Sustained Terms Them Those Took Were Won Work 1960S

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From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of some preconceived idea of fear, our lives and our children's lives are not being valued.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Being Black Children Driving Fear Idea Just Lives New Our Our Lives Out Over People Phenomenon Preconceived Profiling Pulled Racial Some Unarmed Valued While

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It is up to us to change laws on the books like 'Stand Your Ground' laws and push elected officials to enact regulations that hold police officers to the same standards as the rest of society. This is why we vote.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Books Change Elected Elected Officials Enact Ground Hold Laws Like Officers Officials Police Police Officers Push Regulations Rest Same Society Stand Standards Up Us Vote Why Your

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The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the country serve as stark reminders that we must have a say in who polices us, and how that policing is done. We must, we must, let our voices be heard on Election Day.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Across Cases Country Day Death Done Election Election Day Eric Garner Heard Horrific How Island Must Our Policing Reminders Say Serve Stark Us Voices Who

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You don't need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Any Arrest Cause Civilians Enough Indictment Must Need Order Police Probable Someone Sufficient You

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In 1999, I was in St. Louis with Martin Luther King III as we led protests against the state's failure to hire minority contractors for highway construction projects. We went at dawn on a summer day with over a thousand people and performed acts of civil disobedience.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Acts Against Civil Construction Contractors Dawn Day Disobedience Failure Highway Hire King Led Louis Luther Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Minority Over People Performed Projects Protests St. Louis State Summer Thousand Iii

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Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace from volatile parts of the world. And nations everywhere thrive and prosper from the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants - including right here in the U.S.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Around Children Contributions Countries Dealing Desperate Everywhere Here Immigrants Immigration Including Laws Methods Nations Own Parts Peace People Prosper Recurring Right Searching Theme Thrive Volatile World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: October 3rd, 1954

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