Al Sharpton coming to Sarasota
The Rev. Al Sharpton Jr (AP file photo)
One of the nations most well known, and controversial, civil rights activists the Rev. Al Sharpton Jr. is coming to Sarasota.
Sharpton, also a television and radio personality, is scheduled to give a keynote address to the Howard Club of Southwest Floridas 10th annual scholarship luncheon on March 28.
Weve had some successful luncheons in the past, but we wanted to step out this year and get a real A-lister, said Clarence Rogers, president of the Howard Club, which works to raise money to help high school students in southwest Florida attend Howard University in Washington, D.C.
At the same event, the Howard Club will honor boxing promoter Don King, famous for working with some of the biggest names in professional boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Forman and Mike Tyson.
Sharpton has been involved in some of the most politically and racially charged events of the past twenty years. Sharpton led marches in Sanford, Florida after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012. And last year, Sharpton led rallies after the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island.
He has been at the vanguard of issues promoting equality and justice, the Howard Club states on their website promoting the event.
The luncheon is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Sarasota Hyatt, 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota. For tickets and more information on the event visit the http://www.howardclubsouthwestflorida.org or call (941) 756-8786.
Jeremy Wallace is the political editor and writer for the Herald-Tribune, where he has worked since 2004. The University of Missouri graduate's 24-year journalism career includes running a statehouse bureau, covering the White House and Congress, and reporting on local and state politics in the New York City suburbs.
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