Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton, Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances on Fox News (such as The O'Reilly Factor)CNN, and MSNBC. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show.
Sharpton's supporters praise "his ability and willingness to defy the power structure that is seen as the cause of their suffering" and consider him "a man who is willing to tell it like it is". Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, a one-time foe, said that Sharpton deserves the respect he enjoys among African Americans: "He is willing to go to jail for them, and he is there when they need him."
His critics describe him as "a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations". Sociologist Orlando Patterson has referred to him as a racial arsonist, while liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Robertson. Sharpton sees much of the criticism as a sign of his effectiveness. "In many ways, what they consider criticism is complimenting my job," he said. "An activist's job is to make public civil rights issues until there can be a climate for change."
Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an English American author and journalist whose career spanned more than four decades. Hitchens, often referred to colloquially as "Hitch", was a columnist and literary critic for New Statesman, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Mirror, The Times Literary Supplement and Vanity Fair. He was an author of twelve books and five collections of essays. As a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits, he was a prominent public intellectual, and his confrontational style of debate made him both a lauded and controversial figure.
Hitchens was known for his admiration of George Orwell, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, as well as for his excoriating critiques of various public figures including Mother Teresa, Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger and Diana, Princess of Wales. Although he supported the Falklands War, his key split from the established political left began in 1989 after what he called the "tepid reaction" of the Western left to the Rushdie Affair. The September 11 attacks strengthened his internationalist embrace of an interventionist foreign policy, and his vociferous criticism of what he called "fascism with an Islamic face." His numerous editorials in support of the Iraq War caused some to label him a neoconservative, although Hitchens insisted he was not "a conservative of any kind", and his friend Ian McEwan describes him as representing the anti-totalitarian left.
Malcolm X ( /ˈmælkəm ˈɛks/; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
Malcolm X's father died—killed by white supremacists, it was rumored—when he was young, and at least one of his uncles was lynched. When he was thirteen, his mother was placed in a mental hospital, and he was placed in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for breaking and entering.
In prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam and after his parole in 1952 he quickly rose to become one of its leaders. For a dozen years Malcolm X was the public face of the controversial group, but disillusionment with Nation of Islam head Elijah Muhammad led him to leave the Nation in March 1964. After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, he returned to the United States, where he founded Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In February 1965, less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group.
Al Sharpton knocked on his ass by Roy Innis
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AL SHARPTON AND CORNEL WEST GO AT IT OVER OBAMA!
Fuck Al Sharpton.
Sheriff David Clarke Crushes Eric Holder and Al Sharpton
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"Resist We Much" | Al Sharpton Versus The Teleprompter, Volume 1
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Freaknik: You know, you know, if my heart pumped blood, it would boil right now. But it don't. Ain't nothing but blueberry vodka in these veins, baby, and that's just what I wanna buy you a drink of shorty.
Madea: [about how sweet T.T. is] What're you in here for, stealing flowers? What'd you do, steal candy from the girl scouts?::T.T.: I murdered 18 men.
Madea: Hell to the yeah!
Madea: I'm Madea! Ma to the damn D-E-A!
Madea: [to Mr. Brown] God don't like you... He grew you in a petri dish!
Dr. Phil: What is wrong with you? Why do you feel the need that you gotta "get" somebody all the time?::Madea: Well when you gettin' "got" and somebody done "got" you and you go "get" them, when you get 'em everybody's gon' get got.::Dr. Phil: Yea but you're gettin' the gotters when they didn't do anything to even get you.::Madea: Yea but if the gotters get me I'm gonna get my glock.
Madea: Cora do me a favor.::Cora: What?::Madea: Put the shut, to the up. Okay? Shut to the up.
Cora: I'm having some me time.::Madea: Did I ask you for some me time? Did I ever ask you for anything? I never asked you for nothing!
Big Sal: Just shut up & let her talk!::Madea: Thank you, Biggie Smalls!
Madea: [car behind her is honking] I don't know what you blowing at me for but keep blowing.
Madea: You're in here going on about what your daddy did to you. Your daddy is out there enjoying his life while you're in prison. You're here because of what YOU did.
Al Sharpton knocked on his ass by Roy Innis
MSNBC Demotes Al Sharpton
Dick Gregory speaks on Al Sharpton wearing a Wire and Politics
Christopher Hitchens Debates Al Sharpton - New York Public
Eric Garner & Trayvon Martin Family, Michael Brown Lawyer Say Al Sharpton Exploited Their Tragedies
Sabbath Lafleur: Al Sharpton Gets The Left Boot
Al Sharpton gets a Constitution lesson: We're not a democracy...
AL SHARPTON AND CORNEL WEST GO AT IT OVER OBAMA!
Fuck Al Sharpton.
Sheriff David Clarke Crushes Eric Holder and Al Sharpton
Sheriff Joe Arpaio Pimp Slaps Infamous Douche Bag Al Sharpton
Christopher Hitchens - On Harball discussing religion with Al Sharpton
"Resist We Much" | Al Sharpton Versus The Teleprompter, Volume 1
Al Sharpton : "Homos", "Chinamen", the "N" word
• "Al Sharpton Oughta Shut Up and Go Back Into the Gutter" • Sheriff David Clarke • 1/22/15 •
Dick Gregory (part 1) The Lawsuit against Al Sharpton and Truth about Assassination of Malcolm X
Al Sharpton; You are the problem!
Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich Battle Over Food Stamps and Obama
Family of Eric Garner & Reverend Al Sharpton at The Breakfast Club (7/23/2015)
Fox News Bill O'Reilly Lashes Out At Al Sharpton About Ferguson MO Riots and Race Baiting
Stephen Colbert as Al Sharpton
Dr. Manning Steps Into Al Sharpton's Space At Rockefeller Center
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Dick Gregory (part 2) "The Lawsuit Against Al Sharpton and Truth about Assassination of Malcolm X"
Opie & Anthony - Al Sharpton The Racist
Rev. Al Sharpton - Brown Chapel March 8, 2015
Opie & Anthony - Al Sharpton Is A Race-Baiting Phony
2004 DemConvention Speeches: Al Sharpton
Opie & Anthony: Officer Killed & More Al Sharpton Talk (12 - 13 - 2011)
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Morton Downey Jr. - Al Sharpton
Pastor Manning: "Al Sharpton King Of The Scum."
Rev Al Sharpton Speaks at Michael Brown's Funeral
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Al Sharpton - Is America Institutionally Racist?
Professor Griff & Zaza Ali discuss Al Sharpton being a FBI Informant
Soooo Donald Trump Is the "White Ally" of Federal Snitch Al Sharpton?
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Rev. Al Sharpton on the "Loser Complex"
Al Sharpton Interview Part 1
Eric Garner's Family & Al Sharpton Interview | Breakfast Club | 7/23/15
Is Al Sharpton a Sellout? | Al Sharpton Interview
Eric Garner Family & Al Sharpton Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (07/23/2015)
Bernie Sanders: Clinton Camp 'Should Be Wary' | msnbc
Al Sharpton Interviewed By The Dr. of Common Sense
Howard Stern: Al Sharpton interview
Don Cornelius, James Brown, Al Sharpton interview (1974)
Dan Joseph Interviews Rev. Al Sharpton
Family Of Eric Garner & Rev. Al Sharpton Interview With The Breakfast Club! Recall The Day & More!
• Johnathan Gentry: "Take a Seat Al Sharpton" • Ferguson • full interview • Cavuto • 12/3/14 •
Byron Allen on Reelblack Radio (3/13/2015)
Steve Harvey Morning Show Reverend Al Sharpton Interview 3-20-12
Al Sharpton's Interview with Martin Luther King III
Andrew Bolsinger Interview - Al Sharpton Accused of Spying on Black Activists 4-24-14 - TheAHNShow
Caroline Heldman Interviews Reverend Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton & Community Leaders Try to Abolish "Gangsta Rap" Snoop Doggy Dogg fires back
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O'Reilly Debates Sharpton on Glenn Beck Rally
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