I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET. Many like me who operate in black America can only get our… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up. — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I use the media, even with tricks, to publicize a black youth being shot in the back in Teaneck, New Jersey...… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
We blacks had problems in the '60s and we solved them by marching. We've still got problems - let's march. — Al Sharpton Copy Share
When a mother or father is willing to pay smugglers and risk the lives of their own children by sending them on a dangerous… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls. — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I feel that it is our moral obligation to stand and to be courageous with these families, and particularly Cindy, that have become the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
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… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I need to hear something about how he's going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
The Democratic Party hasn't whipped anybody into a frenzy. The assumption is that the people that are marching and protesting and standing up against… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community. We are proud that he… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time. — Al Sharpton Copy Share
I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was… — Al Sharpton Copy Share
