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.
We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped! - Al Sharpton
We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!
- Al Sharpton
Don't talk to us like we ignint! - Al Sharpton
Don't talk to us like we ignint!
There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time. - Al Sharpton
There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us. - Al Sharpton
While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.
I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining. - Al Sharpton
I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire. - Al Sharpton
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim. - Al Sharpton
I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.
I am in hell already. I am in Israel. - Al Sharpton
I am in hell already. I am in Israel.
So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing t… - Al Sharpton
So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold your pocket. That ain't nothing t…
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