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Hillary Clinton spoke to the National Action Network alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton, the group's leader.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton, still battling her way through a primary against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, will make a more high-profile connection with Mr. Sharpton, appearing at his National Action Network convention in Manhattan.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

Mr. Sharpton, attending the First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles, attacked the movie industry for what he called repeated broken promises on diversity.

By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY

The gathering, held at the National Urban League, centered on how the senators policies would address economic injustice, overhauling the criminal justice system, protecting voting rights and addressing institutional racism.

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR

In a meeting with the Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders in New York, the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton spoke about her commitment to civil rights.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hillary Clinton met with the National Urban League in Harlem, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, before heading to give a speech on race relations.

By AMY CHOZICK

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will meet with the heads of several civil rights organizations, an effort that comes as he continues to court black voters ahead of the Democratic caucuses in Nevada and the partys South Carolina primary.

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR

The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke about meeting with Senator Bernie Sanders in Harlem on Wednesday, the day after Mr. Sanders's victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary.

By REUTERS

With no people of color included in the Academy Awards nominations, the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network called for a boycott of the awards telecast on Feb. 28.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The theater in Bedford-Stuyvesant, once owned by a judge who was declared mentally incompetent, is being torn down to make room for residential development.

By MATT A.V. CHABAN

Some of Mr. Trumps African-American friends and acquaintances say they are mystified by the candidates sweeping attacks on minority groups. Others say he is misunderstood.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and STEVE EDER

Mrs. Clinton said in an interview that the Republican congressmans remarks revealed that the House committees investigation into the 2012 attacks was always meant to be a partisan political exercise.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

The Rev. Al Sharptons PoliticsNation show on MSNBC will become a weekly broadcast on Sunday mornings starting Oct. 4.

By EMILY STEEL

Hillary Rodham Clinton will appear on the Rev. Al Sharptons syndicated radio show on Thursday, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and the day of the first widely broadcast Republican debate.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

The Rev. Al Sharpton accepts an apology from an aide to Donald J. Trump who was fired over Facebook posts with racially inflammatory words, including one in which he used a slur to describe Mr. Sharptons daughter.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

The family members, making their first public comments about a $5.9 million payment from New York City, revived their calls for a federal case against the officers involved in Mr. Garners death.

By J. DAVID GOODMAN and NIKITA STEWART

A day of mourning for Walter L. Scott, who was killed in a police shooting, came amid calls for protests and mounting questions about whether other officers should be prosecuted.

By ALAN BLINDER

Nikita Stewart found a family of New Yorkers who mean it when they say they are the mayors friends.

By NIKITA STEWART

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Rev. Al Sharpton took the stage together on Monday at an event commemorating Martin Luther Kings Birthday.

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

After a tumultuous first year in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal who had staked his mayoralty on re-educating New Yorks police force, is struggling to secure its basic trust.

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, J. DAVID GOODMAN and AL BAKER

Hillary Clinton spoke to the National Action Network alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton, the group's leader.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton, still battling her way through a primary against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, will make a more high-profile connection with Mr. Sharpton, appearing at his National Action Network convention in Manhattan.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

Mr. Sharpton, attending the First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles, attacked the movie industry for what he called repeated broken promises on diversity.

By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY

The gathering, held at the National Urban League, centered on how the senators policies would address economic injustice, overhauling the criminal justice system, protecting voting rights and addressing institutional racism.

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR

In a meeting with the Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders in New York, the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton spoke about her commitment to civil rights.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hillary Clinton met with the National Urban League in Harlem, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, before heading to give a speech on race relations.

By AMY CHOZICK

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will meet with the heads of several civil rights organizations, an effort that comes as he continues to court black voters ahead of the Democratic caucuses in Nevada and the partys South Carolina primary.

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR

The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke about meeting with Senator Bernie Sanders in Harlem on Wednesday, the day after Mr. Sanders's victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary.

By REUTERS

With no people of color included in the Academy Awards nominations, the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network called for a boycott of the awards telecast on Feb. 28.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The theater in Bedford-Stuyvesant, once owned by a judge who was declared mentally incompetent, is being torn down to make room for residential development.

By MATT A.V. CHABAN

Some of Mr. Trumps African-American friends and acquaintances say they are mystified by the candidates sweeping attacks on minority groups. Others say he is misunderstood.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and STEVE EDER

Mrs. Clinton said in an interview that the Republican congressmans remarks revealed that the House committees investigation into the 2012 attacks was always meant to be a partisan political exercise.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

The Rev. Al Sharptons PoliticsNation show on MSNBC will become a weekly broadcast on Sunday mornings starting Oct. 4.

By EMILY STEEL

Hillary Rodham Clinton will appear on the Rev. Al Sharptons syndicated radio show on Thursday, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and the day of the first widely broadcast Republican debate.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

The Rev. Al Sharpton accepts an apology from an aide to Donald J. Trump who was fired over Facebook posts with racially inflammatory words, including one in which he used a slur to describe Mr. Sharptons daughter.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

The family members, making their first public comments about a $5.9 million payment from New York City, revived their calls for a federal case against the officers involved in Mr. Garners death.

By J. DAVID GOODMAN and NIKITA STEWART

A day of mourning for Walter L. Scott, who was killed in a police shooting, came amid calls for protests and mounting questions about whether other officers should be prosecuted.

By ALAN BLINDER

Nikita Stewart found a family of New Yorkers who mean it when they say they are the mayors friends.

By NIKITA STEWART

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Rev. Al Sharpton took the stage together on Monday at an event commemorating Martin Luther Kings Birthday.

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

After a tumultuous first year in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal who had staked his mayoralty on re-educating New Yorks police force, is struggling to secure its basic trust.

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, J. DAVID GOODMAN and AL BAKER

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Al Sharpton - The New York Times

[ April 7, 2017 ] DeKalb panel to feature Al Sharpton, local elected officials Coming Up On Common Ground News DeKalb County Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson is inviting the community to attend a panel discussion she's hosting, The State of America and the Future of Our Youth and Senior Citizens, featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network.

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[ April 7, 2017 ] DeKalb panel to feature Al Sharpton, local elected officials Coming Up - On Common Ground News

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A viral video of two store owners brutalizing an alleged South Carolina shoplifter with a sword and gun has sparked a heated protest in the city of North Charleston.

At the center of the incident is38-year-old Tyrone Mazyck, who the owners of Andrew's Discount Market say they had to forcibly subdue after he attempted to steal from their convenience store.

As Live 5 News reports, however, tcommunity activists are now demanding not only that the store be closed but that its employeesbe charged for what a bystander filmed them doing to Mazyck:

The video which appears to show store clerksarmed with a gun, sword, and piece of wood hit and threaten Mazyck has earned more than 13,000 shares on Facebook alone since it was uploaded on March 29.

The owner of the store has said that Mazyck frequently causes trouble at the shop,claimingthat he used a knife that police recovered at the scene to cut and threaten to kill his employees.

A group of protesters, including Elder James Johnson of the National Action Network (NAN) a civil rights organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton see things very differently, however.

Saying that there are dozens of foreigner and Arab-owned business in the area that they would no longer allow to rape our community and that the violence seen in the video is indicative of Sharia law Johnson urged his communityto boycott the store:

Johnson, the South Carolina state representative for NAN, added:

"They need to go back to their country where their laws are different from our laws ...

We sending a message to all the Arab and the foreigner stores in North Charleston and the city of Charleston that we gonna stop you from taking money from our community and putting none back in it."

Since then, the Rev. Nelson Rivers a vice president at NAN has pushed back on the comments made by his fellow National Action Network representative, saying that if there's a perception that National Action Network is speaking against foreigners ...that was not [Johnson's]intent.

He also announced that Johnson's position at NAN will be reviewed later in April.

Nonetheless, the scene inside Andrew's Discount Market hasremained heated, asa reporter for local The Post and Courier newspaper witnessed on Monday:

Woman who grabbed my phone said "Record it again and get yo (expletive) beat." They left shortly after man told employee "Y'all better move" https://t.co/qdE8GWov2K

— Angie Jackson (@AngieJackson23) April 3, 2017

North Charleston police are continuing to investigate the incident with Mazyck that sparked the protests, though they confirmedthat Mazyck himself remains the only individual charged.

Meanwhile, a clerk inside Andrew's says he's confused about all the racial overtones involved, telling protesters that Im brown, too ...Im African, you dont know that?

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After Video of Beating, Al Sharpton Rep. Calls for 'Arab' Shop Owners to 'Go Back to Their Country' - Independent Journal Review

The civil rights activist talks about holding ground under renewed threats to minority communities and police oversight

On Jan. 19, the eve of the Presidential inauguration, the Rev. Al Sharpton stood outside Trump International Hotel in New York City with Mayor Bill De Blasio, filmmaker Michael Moore, actor Alec Baldwin and thousands of protesters to kick off their 100 days of resistance to the president-elects agenda.

We are sending you a message from your hometown. You can try to turn back the clock, but you wont turn back time, Sharpton said to the cheering crowd. We are not going backwards.

Since then, Sharpton has led protesters in Washington, D.C.; hasspoken out on Twitter; and has personally expressed his concerns to Attorney General Jeff Sessions about voting rights, investigations into the deaths of Eric Garner and Walter Scott, and the auditing of police departments. This April, Sharpton said, they will begin gearing up for a spring offensive to maintain the movements momentum going into the midterm elections.

The opponents, the adversaries of what we believe in and stand for, are counting on us becoming distracted, or becoming one that just give up or gives out, Sharpton said.

I think that the only way movements succeed is if there is a sustained indignation, Sharpton said.

The controversial and sometimes polarizing Sharpton has grabbed his share of the headlines during his lifetime. He was often an adviser to President Barack Obama, and now he brings a New York-savvy read on the 45th president. He has known Trump for 30 years, and he called the president a salesman, a promoter, a P.T. Barnum guy whose currency has always been hyperbole and overstatement. This was evident during his campaign when he said that black communities were absolutely in the worst shape theyve ever been in before, a falsehood Politifact rated pants on fire. Despite Trumps claim that he has a great relationship with the blacks, Sharpton said hes never seen him in any of New Yorks Citys minority neighborhoods

Ive never seen him in Harlem, or Bed-Stuy, Sharpton said. Not one time. I cant think of one event that Ive seen him.

Alhough its still early in Trumps presidency, Sharpton said hes already been discouraged by Trumps actions towardminority communities.

On Feb. 28, one day after the fifth anniversary of the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Sessions indicated that his office would no longer conduct audits of troubled police departments.

Heres him saying that hes going to in effect reverse whatever advancement weve made there, Sharpton said. And (he) has no fear that anyones going to say anything about it."

Sharpton noted that the decision is made at a time when a police officer is under indictment for the death of Walter Scott, when there has been no conclusion to the federal investigation into the death of Eric Garner, and after the city of Baltimore and the Department of Justice agreed on a consent decree after the death of Freddie Gray.

And you want to stop all of this? Sharpton said. And its almost like, no news. No ones upset about it. No ones talking about it.

Its very terrifying, Sharpton said.

Sharpton said the timing either showed the administration is either tone deaf, or they want to send signal that they want people to understand that that day is over.

I dont know which it is, Sharpton said.

The decision to stop auditing police departments wasnt the only incident that Sharpton said bothered him.

In late January Trump marked the beginning of Black History Month by holding a listening session with about a dozen African-Americans, who were mostly campaign supporters, according to the Guardian. At the time, Sharpton said the event was tantamount to an insult and that past presidents did a lot more to celebrate black culture.

Trump came under criticism when he said that Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody whos done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more. Many, including Sharpton, thought it sounded as though Trump believed Douglass was still alive.

Its a very dire situation, Sharpton said. You couldnt make it up; let me put it that way.

Though the situation may be dire, Sharpton said Trumps administration has reached out to him and other civil rights leaders.

In February, Sharpton said he got a phone call from Sessions asking if they could meet and discuss issues over coffee. Similar overtures were made to Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, and Cornell Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP, Sharpton said.

I said, I dont want a cup of coffee. You can meet with all of us and we can deal with these issues as we have any other attorney general, Sharpton said he told Sessions. His office has said that they were going to set it up; were waiting to see. But it was supposed to have happened by now.

Sharpton said that if the meeting does happen, he wont go alone.

Ill only meet with him or Trump if theres other civil rights leaders (there), Sharpton said.

In the meantime, Sharpton said hes worried Trumps agenda will reverse, and in many ways realign, where our country is going in terms of social justice, health care, (and) voting rights.

The black community is particularly vulnerable, Sharpton said, with much to lose in the new administration.

They have the right to vote to lose. They have the right to public education being a priority in this country, which educates the overwhelming majority of our young people, Sharpton said. They have the right of police accountability to lose the right of police being prosecuted if they break the law they have that to lose. They have their health care that disproportionally helped us to lose, and they have our economic standing to lose.

Black unemployment was cut in half under Barack Obama, Sharpton said. Were hearing about a trillion dollars in infrastructure, none of that said to be going in our communities. If he does bridges and tunnels that are not in inner cities, thats not jobs for us. That dont impact us.

We have a lot to lose, Sharpton said.

Sharpton said hed like to see the media do a better job focusing on the issues like repealing Obamacare, like new tax codes instead of chasing the distractions that Trump keeps feeding them.

I think he throws so much at us, Sharpton said.

So far, Trumps strategy has worked, Sharpton said.

I think the media has become completely predictable and gullible to whatever he does, Sharpton said. In the interim, immigrants living under terror, people that are afraid theyre going to lose their health care, all of that is pushed (to the side) and marginalized.

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Al Sharpton: 'We are not going backwards' - Street Roots News

Rev. Al Sharpton is not happy with what he perceives as the White House's special treatment of President Trump's daughter.

At an event Saturday morning, Sharpton echoed several ethics experts in complaining about Ivanka Trump's new informal role at the White House, which reportedly will include a security clearance and an office in the West Wing.

"Giving a office on the West Wing of Ivanka Trump, somebody explain to me how you can give security clearance, access to classified material, and a office to somebody that don't have a title or job?" Sharpton said. "They say now she ain't got no title. She ain't got no role. We ain't payin' her no money. But she can see everything classified."

He added, "If President Barack Obama had given his daughters or his mother-in-law an office and some access to classified documents and cleared security status, they would have run him and everybody else out [of] the White House."

Sharpton also complained about the Trump team's potential ties to Russia.

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Al Sharpton unhappy with Ivanka Trump's informal White House role - Washington Examiner