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Anthony Weiner Meets with Al Sharpton At Campaign Stop

Posted on June 9, 2013 by | 1 Comment

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Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner was in Harlem Saturday, where he met up with the Rev. Al Sharpton during a campaign stop. Continue reading →

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Harlem Rally Protests Coalition in NY State Senate

Posted on December 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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Civil rights leaders and black lawmakers, worried that minority communities would be robbed of influence in Albany, on Saturday denounced a plan by Republicans and a group of dissident Democrats to join together to preside over the State Senate. Continue reading →

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Sheriff Arpaio and Sharpton debate immigration

Posted on April 27, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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The Rev. Al Sharpton says he’s ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state’s new immigration law. Continue reading →

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Sharpton is Obama’s Street Cred

Posted on April 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner city streets, Obama’s former Harvard mentor and friend said Saturday at a forum in Harlem. But Sharpton, who led the event, told The Associated Press that America’s first black president “has to work both for us and for others,” Continue reading →

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Sharpton’s NAN Convention Sheraton

Posted on April 3, 2010 by | Leave a comment

NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK’S

12TH ANNUAL KEEPERS OF THE DREAM AWARDS

PLEASE JOIN NAN, REV. AL SHARPTON AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FOR AN EVENING IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

HELP US HONOR THE PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO KEEP DR. KING’S DREAM AS VIBRANT AS EVER.

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Hiram Monserrate Compares Himself To Jesus?

Posted on June 23, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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Over the weekend, State Senate Democrats met at the Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquarters in Harlem to discuss sharing power with the Senate Republicans.

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Sharpton: End “Stop Snitching”

Posted on July 18, 2008 by | Leave a comment

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Christine Quinn, Reverend Al Sharpton, and other community leaders gathered in East Harlem yesterday to paint over a mural (pictured) showing a rat with a noose around its neck and the slogan “Stop Snitching.” The phrase has become something of a mantra in recent years in high-crime neighborhoods, where speaking to the police is seen by some as treason that should be violently punished.

Sharpton said he was wearing his running suit for the first time in 20 years to paint and told reporters, “You cannot have mixed messages, you can’t say stand up if we’re discriminated against, that’s testifying, but if we do it to each other, that’s snitching. Continue reading →

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A Black Climate Change?

Posted on January 19, 2008 by | Leave a comment

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Dear Friends, As most of us recognize, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is likely the most important political shift for black America

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