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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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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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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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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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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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