My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order. Al Sharpton Read Quote
One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children’s childhoods is that I’m having my first childhood myself. Al Sharpton Read Quote
National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country. Al Sharpton Read Quote
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today. Al Sharpton Read Quote
James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had. Al Sharpton Read Quote
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable. Al Sharpton Read Quote
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can’t grandma have a constitutional right to health care? Al Sharpton Read Quote