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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#after #argument #as far as #commitment #day

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#been #black #had #his #killing

Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#confronted #dr #era #general #general principles

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#apartheid #down #during #elections #first

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

— Al Sharpton

#dr #forgotten #his #ignore #kin

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

#brown #father #had #i #james

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

— Al Sharpton

#affiliates #around #chapters #cities #country

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

— Al Sharpton

#educate #government #obligation #people #states

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

— Al Sharpton

#constitution #federal #federal government #gives #government

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work. ↗

— William Shatner

#doing #hard #hard work #i #i think