Rev. Al Sharpton
speaker
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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Many years ago, well, not too many years ago, but about a decade ago when we were fighting some of the battles between Trayvon Martin, whose family's here, and other battles.
As a young activist, I met the Midwest
And she, unlike some of the other young activists, she was not only verbal, but she had content.
And I said that some of them were slogan deep.
You know, some of y'all got one slogan and think you're Angela Davis, just learn one slogan.
She had content, she had character, and she always wanted to,
hear from some of us that have been out there before, tell me how this is done.
Tell me what you think about this.
I'm going to do it my way, but I want it grounded.
I mean, I was mentored by Jesse Jackson.
I didn't do it his way, but I learned the basics.
Because if you can't build a building and change the foundation every step,
You've got to deal with the foundation and go step by step.
She is one of the brightest, the most clear-thinking people that I've met.
And she is now risen to where she is.
And some people think she's going mainstream.
When I think of her, I think of what James Brown used to tell me.
James Brown is like my father.
He said that he did not go mainstream.
He made mainstream come to us.
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