It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
Al Sharpton

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.
Al Sharpton

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
Al Sharpton

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

National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
Al Sharpton

One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself.
Al Sharpton

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.
Al Sharpton

The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer.
Al Sharpton

The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
Al Sharpton

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
Al Sharpton

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al Sharpton

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
Al Sharpton

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.
Al Sharpton

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

Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend.
Al Sharpton