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Al Sharpton

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Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr. is an American Baptist minister, political and civil rights/social justice activist, and radio talk show host. In 2004, Sharpton was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election.

Sharpton hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin It Real and and his own TV show, Politics Nation on MSNBC.

Sharpton's supporters praise "his ability and willingness to defy the power structure that is seen as the cause of their suffering" and consider him "a man who is willing to tell it like it is". Donna Wilson, host of a talk radio program on WWRL in New York City, said of him that "Al Sharpton was born to lead".

Sharpton's critics describe him as "a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the ...more

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	Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by Ed Gordon (Narrator), Tracy Leigh (Narrator), Zeno Robinson (Narrator) 4.16 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Godfather of Soul: An Autobiography by James Brown, Bruce Tucker, Dave Marsh (Epilogue by) 3.86 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1986 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads by Al Sharpton (Goodreads Author), Michael Eric Dyson (foreword) 4.29 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America 4.04 avg rating — 69 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go and Tell Pharaoh 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North by Mary Lou Finley (Contributor), Clayborne Carson (Foreword), Bernard LaFayette Jr. (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Al on America by Al Sharpton (Goodreads Author), Karen Hunter (Contributor) 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Now What? The Voters Have Spoken―Essays on Life After Trump by Mary C. Curtis (Contributor), Christopher Buckley (Contributor), Mark Ulriksen (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Al on America-Signed by Al Sharpton (Goodreads Author), Karen Hunter, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I always go by instinct and then wrestle with where by instinct brought me. ”
― Reverend Al Sharpton

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“James Brown lives,  as long as someone steps out of their body  and dances uncontrollably.”
― Al Sharpton

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“White folks was in the caves while we was building empires... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”
― Al Sharpton