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Rev. Al Sharpton
Rev. Al Sharpton is an internationally renowned civil rights leader and founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN). For decades, he has dedicated his life to the fight for justice and equality, turning the power of dissent and protest into tangible legislation impacting the lives of the disenfranchised. Former President Barack Obama has called Rev. Sharpton a “voice for the voiceless” and a “champion for the downtrodden.”
In fact, during President Obama’s presidency, in a profile of Rev. Sharpton on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Rev. Al Sharpton was called President Obama’s go to Black leader.” Today, Rev. Sharpton continues to be on the front line of civil rights and social justice cases as he serves as a “voice for the voiceless.”
According to a re cent article in The Atlantic (January 14, 2019) “Rev. Sharpton occupies a distinct space. Other than Barack Obama, there is no better known black leader in the country, nor one with bigger reach: The National Ac
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Biography
As founder and President of National Action Network (NAN), which currently operates over 125 chapters across the country including a Washington, D.C. bureau and headquarters in Harlem, fräsch, Rev. Al Sharpton has dedicated his life to the kamp for justice and equality. A 2016 Vanity Fair profil described him as “arguably the country’s most influential civil rights leader.”
Throughout his career, Rev. Sharpton has challenged the American political establishment to include all people regardless of race, gender, socio-economic ställning eller tillstånd, or beliefs. In fact, few political figures have been more visible than Rev. Sharpton in the last two decades. Rev. Sharpton's oratory skills have served as a platform for making changes in the American social and political establishment.
National Action Network, beneath Rev. Sharpton's leadership, has become a vibrant and active social justice organization, making an impact across the country. Recent NAN activism has
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Al Sharpton
American Baptist minister, activist and talk show host (born 1954)
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Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr.[2] (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organization.[3][4][5] In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election.[6] He hosts a weekday radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, which is nationally syndicated by Urban One, and he is a political analyst and weekend host for MSNBC, hosting PoliticsNation.[7][8][9]
Sharpton is known for making various controversial and incendiary comments over his career. He has been accused of making antisemitic and racially insensitive remarks as well as inciting incidents of violence.[10]