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BY: Nick Bolger January 16, 2017 3:56 pm

Rev. Al Sharpton gotan earful from activistswhen he arrived in Baltimoreto preach on Sunday.

A group of men peppered the preacher with questions about his activism in the black community ina Facebook Live video posted by Duane G. Davis.

They come to exploit tragedies and collect money, Davis saidabout Sharpton and other high-profile liberal activists. How much money is he going to get to speak here?

One activist repeatedly asked Sharpton what he wasdoingto help young black men, telling Sharptonthat his past activism wasntgood enough.

You are talking about 19I am talking about today, the man said.

Whenasked about Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man killed by the police in 2015, Sharpton said, What did I do with Freddie Gray? What are you talking about? I didnt deal with that, yall did.

Exactly, thats the problem, Al, the man retorted.

That is your problem, Sharpton said, angeringthe activists.

Davis pressedSharpton to disclose how much he wasbeing paid to preach in Baltimore. Sharpton denied receiving any money for the sermon.

Davis is no stranger to controversy. He was jailed in 2011 for a protest stunt involving a toilet, which police thought was a possible bomb. In the 2012 Republican primary, he ran as a protest candidate for lieutenant governor of Maryland,according to RedState.

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Reverend Al Sharpton said on MSNBC tonight, Theres no question that the process that elected [Donald Trump] was not legitimate.

He told MTP Daily guest anchor Peter Alexander that clearly the process has serious questions about it, and given who John Lewis is and what role he holds in American history, people should not take lightly his view at all.

Alexander pointed out that Democrats were up in arms when it was believed Trump wouldnt accept the election as legitimate. Sharpton argued that plenty of evidence has come out now to raise legitimate questions.

He also scolded Trump for his disrespect towards Lewis and said that as president he must be the bigger person and prove hes interested in uniting the country.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. civil rights activists kicked off a week of protests ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration with a "We Shall Not Be Moved" march in Washington on Saturday, vowing to keep fighting for equality and justice under the upcoming administration.

Chanting "no justice, no peace," a few thousand protesters headed by the Rev. Al Sharpton marched along the National Mall toward the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, about two milesfrom the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where Trump will be sworn in as president on Friday.

Pre-march speakers denounced Trump to protesters, who braved drizzle and temperatures just above freezing to show their support for minority rights and President Barack Obama's signature health care law, which Trump has vowed to dismantle.

"We stand together, not as a people of hate, but as a people of hope," said Charley Hames Jr., president of the Oakland, California, chapter of Sharpton's National Action Network. "We believe this march is the first of many."

Trump, a New York real estate developer, won with a populist platform that included promises to build a wall along the Mexican border and restrict immigration from Muslim countries. He also promised to crack down on companies moving jobs out of the United States.

Trump's disparaging comments about immigrants and women and stance against Obama's healthcare law have drawn the anger of many on the left, who planned a series of protests.

"He's a clown," said marcher Ken Coopwood Jr., 17, of Washington. "I think he's not going to care about much, unless it's personal."

Civil rights groups including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Council of La Raza, as well as Democratic lawmakers had all said they would take part in Saturday's march.

The march began hours after Trump blasted Rep. John Lewis after the Georgia Democrat and civil rights campaigner said he did not see Trump as a legitimate president.

Lewis told NBC News in an interview for Sunday's "Meet the Press" that he believed Russia's alleged hacking aimed at helping Trump put his legitimacy into question.

Trump replied on Twitter on Saturday that Lewis should focus instead on his Atlanta district. "All talk, talk, talk - no action or results! Sad!," he wrote.

About 30 groups, almost all of them anti-Trump, have gotten permits to protest before, during and after the inauguration. Thousands of demonstrators also have vowed to shut down the inauguration, including by closing off security checkpoints along the inaugural parade route.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton on Sunday praised President Obama and touted his accomplishments while in office.

"I am so proud of President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaDems engage in friendly debate for DNC chair Army: Manning to lose transgender benefits Why Im leaving the Democratic Party MORE, not just because he was and is my color, but because he was America's kind," Sharpton said on MSNBC's "Politics Nation."

"He helped this country like no president I've seen in my lifetime. We should thank God we lived in the age of Obama."

Sharpton said Americans must be "concerned" about the future of the country when President-elect Donald TrumpDonald TrumpMcConnell breaks with Trump on NATO Trump makes unannounced stop at his DC hotel Rick Perry misunderstood Energy Secretary job: report MORE is inaugurated next week.

"Barack Obama, president for eight years, turned around the economy," Sharpton said.

"Took it when it was on the brink and turned around an economy that was bleeding 800,000 jobs a month."

He also cited Obama's work on criminal justice and police reform.

"He did what presidents before him failed to do," Sharpton continued. "He passed a healthcare law that was able to benefit over 20 million Americans. He also dealt with concrete steps around climate change."

On Saturday, Sharpton marched along the National Mall, launching the first of what is expected to be a series of protests leading up to Trump's inauguration.

During the event, Sharpton told Democratic lawmakers to "get some backbone."

"We've come not to appeal to Donald Trump, because he's made it clear what his policies are and what his nominations are," Sharpton said.

"We come to say to the Democrats in the Senate and in the House, and to the moderate Republicans, to get some backbone and get some guts."

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