Rev. Al Sharpton

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924 appearances 12 recordings 2 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 13 Aug

Rev. Al Sharpton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Jonathan Mailer from New York. matched

And last but not least, he's the president of the National Negro Publishers Association Black Newspapers. matched

Many are under challenge. matched

Part of our mandate, we met our board this morning, is we need to escalate pressure on the corporate world about advertising and black media. matched

We recently had to deal with one company about Essence. matched

They almost lost the festival. matched

And we've got to put the pressure on as only we know how to do. matched

But before that, this man has been a legendary, iconic civil rights activist. matched

In his youth, he went to jail with the Wilmington 10. matched

He became the president of the NAACP. matched

He was the convener, the organizer of the Million Man March, largest black march in history. matched

And he has earned the stripes of being a general in this movement. matched

But let me tell you something, in the late 80s, when I was a lot more controversial, before Jonathan Mailer wrote his book, matched

And folk understood I wasn't all the way crazy. matched

I played crazy for the 6 o'clock news. matched

So I can get your issue out front. matched

I told them I did a funeral last week in Hartford, Connecticut, where a cop killed a young man. matched

We got the cop fired the next day. matched

And I told them... matched

A young lady stopped me in the airport and said, you know, I don't understand, why are you doing this still out there? matched

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