Tag Archives: Al Sharpton

Aretha Franklin Celebrates Her 70th With Harlem Flavor

They weren’t saying anything about it at her swellegant party Saturday night, but the word is Clive Davis and Aretha Franklin are teaming up again. Continue reading

The Reverend Al Sharpton: All Rev’d Up

Born and raised in Brooklyn, and community office at the National Action Network (NAN) in Harlem, the Reverend Al Sharpton began preaching at age four. Continue reading

NYC Police Infiltrate Sharpton’s Organization Says HuffingtonPost

The National Action Network (NAN) on 145th Street in Harlem is considering legal action against the New York Police Department in response to allegations that the department spied on the civil rights group and its leader, Rev. Al Sharpton.

The NYPD allegedly planted a confidential informant in NAN’s Harlem headquarters to report on any large-scale protests planned in response to the acquittal of the officers who massacred Sean Bell, an unarmed Black man whom police riddled with bullets and killed right before his wedding in November 2006, veteran police reporter and author Len Levitt reported on HuffingtonPost.com Feb. 13. Continue reading

Libration Bookstore Owner in Harlem Una Mulzac Passes

In the 1980s and ’90s, the New York City Department of Sanitation gave Una Mulzac as many as 50 summonses — she did not count them because she had no intention of paying them — for refusing to sweep 18 inches into the street in front of her bookstore. Continue reading

Harlem’s Al Sharpton on Jan’s Bad Brewe

On Thursday night’s Politics Nation, host Al Sharpton called out Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer‘s disrespectful conduct toward President Obama during their tarmac tussle, connecting it to a pattern of such contemptuous behavior by Republican leaders. Continue reading

Virginia M. Montague Elected First Woman Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Historic Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

On September 1, 2011, the Mother AME Zion Church, the oldest Black Church in the State of New York elected its first woman chairperson in its 215 year history. Virginia McNeil Montague, currently serving as the President of the Founding Chapter of the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women is very active in her community and her church. Continue reading

Harlem’s Al Sharpton to host ‘PoliticsNation’ on MSNBC

He’s been hosting the 6 pm hour for the better part of the summer, now Harlem man Al Sharpton becomes the permanent host of the hour, which is also getting a new title: “PoliticsNation.”

“I’ve known Rev. Sharpton for over a decade and have tremendous respect for him,” said MSNBC president Phil Griffin in a statement. Continue reading

Harlem’s Rev. Al Sharpton To Anchor Show on MSNBC

Target Market News reports that sources at MSNBC say Harlem’s Rev. Al Sharpton is on the verge of being the network permanent anchor after three weeks of sitting in for host Cenk Uygur. The hiring of the prominent civil rights activist would be a plus for MSNBC, which has been criticized recently, along with CNN, for not having enough people of color in roles in front of and behind the camera. Continue reading