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Stop the Execution of Troy Davis
In a blog entry at Huffington Post Black Voices, civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton says he is not asking people to judge whether Troy Davis is innocent or guilty. He is advocating for stopping his scheduled execution and pushing for a new trial. During the first Republican debate last week, the loudest applause…
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Fred Shuttlesworth and the Next Generation of Leaders
The exemplary leadership and heroism of the late Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth inspired a generation of leaders who will hopefully continue to carry the torch in the fight against inequities and injustices, the Rev. Al Sharpton blogs at Huffington Post Black Voices. In life, there are some people that simply speak of progress, and then there…
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How to End Violence? Get Guns Off the Street
The slaying of Zurana Horton, the pregnant mother of 13 children who was slain in Brooklyn, N.Y., by a rooftop gunman during a gang war, is emblematic of why leaders and elected officials need to work to rid the streets of guns, the Rev. Al Sharpton blogs at Huffington Post Black Voices. Whenever we hear…
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Diminishing Black Wealth
Even though the recession officially ended in June 2009, the black middle class is losing ground as the public sector continues to slash jobs, the Rev. Al Sharpton blogs at Huffington Post Black Voices. The public sector was the first rung out of poverty for most blacks, he writes. In June of 2009, the economic…
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Back to the Future: All Roads Lead to Selma
The Rev. Al Sharpton tackles the GOP’s coded language in a blog entry at Huffington Post Black Voices, saying that it signals a desire for the party to throw America back to preintegration times. He says that is why the re-enactment of the seminal civil rights Selma-to-Montgomery, Ala., march this month is so important. Last…
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Trayvon and Tulsa: No More Inaction
The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, writes in a piece for the Huffington Post that the worst thing we could possibly do after coming together around Trayvon Martin’s killing and the Tulsa, Okla., shootings would be to walk away and do nothing. Most young people today have studied the stories of…
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Stop and Frisk Is the New Racial Profiling
In a piece for the Huffington Post, the Rev. Al Sharpton says that the controversial policy must — and will — see its last days. On June 17th, Father’s Day, National Action Network (NAN) will be joined by the NAACP, the SEIU and 115 other organizations in a historic march down 5th Avenue in Manhattan…
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Health Care and Eric Holder: The Good Shall Triumph
In a piece for the Huffington Post, the Rev. Al Sharpton says that the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act should teach us a lesson about perseverance that we can apply to the House contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. By all accounts, Thursday was a momentous and notable day. The…
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Obama's Education Initiative Unlocks the Gate
The Rev. Al Sharpton, in a piece for the Huffington Post, says that President Obama’s executive order establishing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans proves that he’s leading the charge to combat the greatest civil rights challenge of our time. The Executive Order creates a presidential commission on educational development for…
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Pa. Voter-ID Ruling a Slap in the Face to Democracy
A Pennsylvania judge has upheld a Republican-supported voter-ID law, and the Rev. Al Sharpton argues at the Huffington Post that we must take action against “the ones who are attempting to block us.” Last week, Florida’s former Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer appeared on my TV show, Politics Nation on MSNBC, and candidly discussed how…
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