Rev. Al Sharpton receives James Joyce Award in Ireland

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The Rev. Al Sharpton was honored in Ireland on Monday for his long odyssey in the civil rights world with an award named for Ulysses author James Joyce.

The civil rights activist, 62, traveled to University College Dublin to receive the tribute from the institutions Literary & Historical Society.

Brooklyn-born Sharpton joined a prestigious list of other honorees that includes Nobel Prize-winning anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Irish politician John Hume and poet Seamus Heaney.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is another prominent American civil rights activist who received the award, picking up his honor in 2004.

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September 27th, 2017
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