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Rev. Al Sharpton at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel
The Rev. Al Sharpton closes out his sermon on Sun. Sept. 28, 2014 at the historical chapel located on the campus of Howard University.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton pushed community leaders Tuesday to get black voters to the polls in Central Florida.
Speaking at a leadership forum in Eatonville, the firebrand civil rights activist reminded the roughly 120 people in attendance of the Jim Crow-era sacrifices by those who fought for the right to vote. There's no excuse for low voter turnout now, he said.
"They fought, they were beaten, they were jailed," Sharpton said. "Here we are 40 to 45 years later, in Florida, working at jobs that your grandma couldn't work at, living in neighborhoods where they couldn't live, checking into any hotel you want, eating in any restaurant you want and too lazy and ungrateful to use what somebody else died to give you."
The forum at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church was organized by the Central Florida Chapter of National Action Network, an organization Sharpton founded.
In March, Sharpton and hundreds of demonstrators marched to the Capitol in Tallahassee to warn Republican lawmakers that failing to repeal the state's controversial "stand your ground" law would come back to bite them at the midterm election in November.
On Tuesday, he implored local leaders to make good on that threat.
"If we don't vote, and vote out those who come up with these backward laws, they will continue to do it again," Sharpton said. "They are counting on you not to show up."
In 2012, Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature scaled back early voting from 14 to eight days and barred it on the final Sunday, a day when African American churches typically provide transportation to voting sites for their members in what's known as a "Souls to the Polls" push.
That year, some polling places saw hours-long waits the worst in the nation. In response to what became a national spectacle, state lawmakers reversed course and again authorized more early-voting locations, hours and days, including the final Sunday.
Even so, turnout among Democrats was low in the Aug. 26 primary. Sharpton demanded better in November.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) Rev. Al Sharpton is not waiting for the courts to decide: Attorney Sanford Rubenstein is now out of the Network.
It was just a week ago famed civil right attorney Rubenstein was part of Sharptons inner circle helping him celebrate his 60th birthday party.
This morning he is out in the cold and Sharpton is letting him have it in the press.
Even if it was consensual, why would he take a key leader of our organization back to his apartment right after a fund-raiser, Al Sharpton told the Daily News Tuesday. Its disrespectful to our movement, and the women in our network are absolutely outraged.
Rubenstein and Sharpton has been working on the Eric Garner case, with Rubenstein representing the family.
Sharpton plans to meet with Garners family Monday to see what they would like to do moving forward as investigators try to determine if any crime occurred.
A final decision will be made this weekend.
Sharpton said he isnt waiting for prosecutors to rule on Rubenstein.
When asked if he envisions a day when Rubenstein would be welcomed back. Reverend Sharpton said, He has no future.
The 42-year-old woman Rubenstein allegedly attacked was not just some name on our board, Sharpton added.
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EATONVILLE, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) - Reverend Al Sharpton told a group of civic and religious leaders in Eatonville that turning out the vote will be critical. Sharpton lashed out at young voters for not showing up, less than a half-century after civil rights leaders in the sixties fought so hard, and sometimes died for their beliefs.
"In Florida, working a job that your grandma couldn't work at, living in neighborhoods they couldn't live, check into any hotel you want, eat at any restaurant you want, got a little job with a title, and too lazy and ungrateful to get up and use what somebody died to give you."
In his 30 minute speech to the group, Sharpton did not make an endorsement in the governor's race. When asked about it afterwards, he again did not mention Charlie Crist by name.
"We've got to come out in numbers and support and vote for who is most in our interest."
He did say that Central Florida is still full of racial problems, especially when it comes to efforts to suppress black voters.
"In the sixties, we fought Jim Crow. You'd have to say now we are fighting his son, James Crow Jr. ESQ."
Sharpton says the wounds from the death of Trayvon Martin also have not healed yet, and he believes the trouble still exits in the African-American community.
"I think the turmoil is still there. I think it is under the surface -- there's a difference between quiet and peace. You may have more quiet now, but you don't have peace. Peace is based on having equality and fairness, and we still. Any incident can bring back the same kind of turmoil unless we solve the problem."
Sharpton urged the people in the room to not only vote, but make sure they are leading by example and organizing voters to get to the polls.
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Rev. Al Sharpton in Eatonville preaching virtues of voting