Occupation: Minister Birth: October 3, 1954
We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching..
It`s a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to ser….
We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a strong….
The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had ….
As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and sen….
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride t….
A war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. Donald Trump fired back at democratic Congressman John Lewis after Lewi….
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country..
During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians..
I need to hear something about how he`s going to bring people together in the spirit, hopefully, of Martin Luther King Jr., and if that`s not heard, ….
I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone..
I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead..
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today..
I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known..
I've seen too much in life to give up..
I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made..
But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching, if we kept on voting, if we kept on believing, we would make America beautiful for eve….
When you're dealing with boycotts, you don't need everyone. You just need enough to be effective..
First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment. When you look at some of the appointments,….
The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be ….
I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of d….