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Bensonhurst. Sharpton leading the first protest march over the murder of Yusef Hawkins in Bensonhurst, 1989. On August 23, 1989, four African-American teenagers were beaten by a group of 10 to 30 white Italian-American youths in Bensonhurst, a Brooklyn neighborhood.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Is Al Sharpton? Ordained in the Pentecostal church as a child, Al Sharpton is an outspoken and sometimes controversial political activist in the fight against racial prejudice and...
3 days ago · Al Sharpton (born October 3, 1954, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and minister who founded the National Action Network (1991) and later hosted a political talk show on MSNBC.
Mar 4, 2002 · Born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 3, 1954, Reverend Alfred "Al" Sharpton has been preaching since age four. He was licensed and ordained at age nine. In 1971, he founded the National Youth Movement and for seventeen years he led the organization, registering young people to vote and giving them job opportunities.
Feb 21, 2024 · Pulitzer Prize winner Mitchell S. Jackson tailed Al Sharpton around the country to find out why he keeps going, what he’s still doing, and where his place in history will be.
Reverend Sharpton has been at the forefront of the modern civil rights movement for nearly a half-century. He has championed police reform and accountability, calling for the elimination of unjust policies like “Stop-and-Frisk.”
Dec 8, 2022 · A stirring new biographical documentary about the Rev. Al Sharpton revisits a racially divided New York City and offers a critique of the news media then and now.
Aug 23, 2024 · The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of National Action Network, spoke Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an evening focused on the future as...
Feb 1, 2023 · Over the last two decades, the Rev. Al Sharpton has become the leading eulogist for Black victims of police violence. On Wednesday, he is speaking at the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died three...
Jan 5, 2023 · Rev. Al Sharpton has spent his life speaking up, loudly, against racism and racial violence. The new documentary “Loudmouth” chronicles his path from a Support provided by: LEARN MORE
