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National Action Network Hosts Its Annual Convention in NYC
Last month I was in Selma, Ala., as the nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when peaceful voting-rights demonstrators were viciously beaten by police. Their dedication to equality and justice resonated with people from varying backgrounds and eventually helped usher in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Five decades after that historic day…
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Sharpton: No Other US Attorney General Has a Civil Rights Record Equal to Holder’s
Editor’s note: During Black History Month, the focus is usually on historical figures who loomed larger than life, paving the way for the progress we experience today. But black history isn’t just about telling stories of our past. History is being made every day and has been made throughout our lives; it’s not just in books.…
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Protest With Your Cash: Don't Shop at Barneys
It’s high time that black Americans steer clear of any store that racially profiles, especially Barneys and Macy’s, the Rev. Al Sharpton argues at the Huffington Post. As the recently reported incidents of profiling, interrogation and detainment of customers at Barneys and Macy’s have showcased, large entities from the private sector not only blatantly discriminate against us, they also…
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We Must Check Gun Violence in America
In a piece at the Huffington Post, the Rev. Al Sharpton inveighs against mounting gun violence in America. He says that lawmakers and civic leaders have a moral obligation to fight gun lobbyists and the laws that feed the crisis. It’s easy to sit in Congress or in a gated secluded community and talk down…
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Supreme Court Ruling a Win for Voting Equality
In a piece for the Huffington Post, the Rev. Al Sharpton applauds the high court’s recent ruling striking down Arizona’s attempt at voter suppression, known as Prop 200. It’s a victory for voting equality and justice — and a blow against racial profiling. Voting is a right, not a privilege. Apparently some folks need a…
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Obama in Office Is Great, but We Must Keep Fighting
Re-electing President Obama showed the power of African Americans in this country, but, writes MSNBC host and National Action Network head the Rev. Al Sharpton in the Huffington Post, there are still plenty of things that need the stamp of equality. At this very moment, the lack of diversity in places like corporate America, in…
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Why Terrorists Love Profiling
The Rev. Al Sharpton argues at the Huffington Post that the controversial practice actually helps those who would do harm to America. In the 1990s, National Action Network and I worked on a case with the late Johnnie Cochran where we introduced the term racial profiling into America’s lexicon. Four young Black and Latino men…
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Gun Violence: What Do We Tell Our Children?
The Rev. Al Sharpton writes in a piece for the Huffington Post that it’s up to each and every one of us to show more courage than the 46 political cowards in the U.S. Senate. Almost every single day, someone walks into one of National Action Network’s (NAN) offices around the country consumed with the…
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Hey, GOP: Diversify Your Platform!
If the GOP wants to change its image, the Rev. Al Sharpton writes at the Huffington Post that members need to start by diversifying their platform, which means getting on the right side of civil right, progress and history. It’s difficult for some to process the fact that my parents were Republicans. But they were,…
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Conquering the Rich in 2012
During the 2012 presidential election, a number of political battles were waged, and many Americans showed that they were still willing to put up a fight. From the war on women to voter-suppression laws and even attacks on Big Bird and Sesame Street, civil rights activist and PoliticsNation host the Rev. Al Sharpton writes at the…
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