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Al Sharpton #39;s Ohio tour stops at Central State
The Reverend Al Sharpton appeared before a large crowd at Central State University Thursday night.

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Rev. Al Sharpton

Rev. Al Sharptonis the founder and President of the National Action Network(NAN), a not-for-profit civil rights organization headquartered in Harlem, New York, with over seventy chapters nationwide including a Washington, DC Bureau and regional offices from coast to coast.

As one of the nations most-renowned civil rights leaders,a March 2013 Zogby poll said one out of every four African-Americans say that Rev. Sharpton is the person that speaks most for them. Rev. Sharpton polled higher than any other civil rights or political leader in this public opinion survey.

Rev. Al Sharpton has been praised by President Barack Obama as the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden, and by former President George W. Bush who said that Al cares just as much as I care about making sure every child learns to read, write, add and subtract.

Rev. Al Sharpton is currently the host ofa daily television show on MSNBC thatanalyzesthe top political and social news and features the countrys leading newsmakers. PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton airs at 6:00 p.m.Monday through Friday. The showis so popular it broke MSNBC ratings history with the highest viewership of any show at 6:00 p.m. since the networks inception.

Rev. Sharpton also hosts a nationally syndicated radio show Keepin it Realthat is heard daily all over the country as well as two weekend radio shows that air in markets within the U.S.

Rev. Sharpton delivers live remarks at NANs weekly Saturday Rally at NANs Harlem headquarters the House of Justice that is broadcast live on NANs websitewww.nationalactionnetwork.neteachSaturday from 9-11 a.m.

Reverend Al Sharpton, is the author of The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership.In stores on October 8, 2013, the book will be published through a joint venture partnership between Cash Money Content, thepublishing arm of premier record label Cash Money Records and Massenburg Media, in partnership with Atria/Simon & Schuster.In the book, Reverend Al intimately discusses his personal evolution from street activist, pulpit provocateur and civil rights leader, to the larger-than-life man he is today, while providing a series of essential life lessons that readers can adopt to transform their own lives.

From the Central Park Five to gay & lesbian rights to the immigration debates, I have prided myself on taking the side of the rejected people, says Reverend Al Sharpton,and so I decided to call this bookThe Rejected Stone, from a passage of scripture which refers to a stone which was rejected by builders that, in the end, became the chief cornerstone.In the end, that sums up my lifes journey and so many of my people, says Reverend Al.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday told a crowd at Central State University that people across the country are concerned about the August shooting death of a Fairfield man by police at Walmart, and called on the Ohio attorney general to release the video of the shooting.

Sharpton said authorities should release the video because they have already suggested that John Crawford III was pointing an air rifle at someone in the Beavercreek store, which he says has poisoned the minds of the public, some of whom will be on the grand jury that hears the case.

So the fair thing to do is put the tape out so when the grand jury meets, they walk in knowing at least what was and what wasnt on the tape, said Sharpton, a MSNBC host and civil rights activist. I come to Central State tonight to say to the attorney general, lets go to the tape.

Attorney General Mike DeWine has repeatedly said he will not release the tape before a trial.

I think that it is playing with dynamite, frankly, to release that tape at this point, DeWine said last month. And I think the dynamite simply is that it blows up and you cant get a fair trial. Thats what we worry about.

Speaking to about 850 students, faculty and community members, Sharpton said he was alarmed by the beating and killing of multiple black people at the hands of police nationwide within a period of weeks, including 22-year-old Crawford.

He said he does not know whether police acted appropriately or not in each of the cases.

But he said it is worrisome that police unions deny wrongdoing in every single case where police kill and injure people.

He called the Crawford case a public concern, but noted the grand jury hearing is private. He said showing the tape will end speculation and arguments about what led to Crawfords death on Aug. 5.

Sharpton also spoke about the importance of not letting anger and hardship paralyze people and make them feel they cannot make a difference.

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Al Sharpton demands to see Walmart shooting video

The Rev. Al Sharpton said today that the black community cannot be vigilant in Ferguson, Mo., after an officer-involved shooting killed a black teen, but calm in the aftermath of the officer-involved shooting at a Beavercreek Walmart that killed a 22-year-old Fairfield man.

Sharptons remarks about the death of John Crawford III came at the tail end of his 20-minute address to the Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce this afternoon on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. It was the first of two public speaking engagements the civil rights leader has today in southwest Ohio. Sharpton will be speaking at an open community forum at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Paul Robeson Cultural & Performing Arts Center at Central State University.

Sharpton gave just a passing mention to the Beavercreek Walmart shooting during his Cincinnati speech, though he might say more during his evening address at Central State. A spokeswoman for his organization, the National Action Network, said Sharpton has been following the case closely and will address it.

Sharpton told the 400 men and women in the Great Hall at UCs Tangeman University Center that youth in the black community have forgotten their foundation.

Using the metaphor of a memory card within a cellphone if it was wiped clean, people today would be lost Sharpton said the black community has collectively lost its way, lost its memory. And dealing without a foundation of ones past, Sharpton said, You have been disconnected from the memory of what you were.

The way they have maneuvered and manipulated us in a condition of powerlessness is they have erased our memory and they have fooled the young generation that the enemy is the old school, said Sharpton, the host of PoliticsNation on MSNBC and the nationally syndicated radio show Keepin it Real.

Sharpton called for those in attendance at the luncheon at the African American Chambers 14th Annual Business to Business Exchange to make noise as we do not organize in our communities.

At the end of the day, who cares if we have more people with titles if we have no increase of the level of living in our communities, he said. Your title must have a function or your title means nothing to no one.

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Sharpton says the black community needs to remember its foundation

The Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday told a crowd at Central State University that people across the country are concerned about the August shooting death of a Fairfield man by police at Walmart, and called on the Ohio attorney general to release the video of the shooting.

Sharpton said authorities should release the video because they have already suggested that John Crawford III was pointing an air rifle at someone in the Beavercreek store, which he says has poisoned the minds of the public, some of whom will be on the grand jury that hears the case.

So the fair thing to do is put the tape out so when the grand jury meets, they walk in knowing at least what was and what wasnt on the tape, said Sharpton, a MSNBC host and civil rights activist. I come to Central State tonight to say to the attorney general, lets go to the tape.

Attorney General Mike DeWine has repeatedly said he will not release the tape before a trial.

I think that it is playing with dynamite, frankly, to release that tape at this point, DeWine said last month. And I think the dynamite simply is that it blows up and you cant get a fair trial. Thats what we worry about.

Speaking to about 850 students, faculty and community members, Sharpton said he was alarmed by the beating and killing of multiple black people at the hands of police nationwide within a period of weeks, including 22-year-old Crawford.

He said he does not know whether police acted appropriately or not in each of the cases.

But he said it is worrisome that police unions deny wrongdoing in every single case where police kill and injure people.

He called the Crawford case a public concern, but noted the grand jury hearing is private. He said showing the tape will end speculation and arguments about what led to Crawfords death on Aug. 5.

Sharpton also spoke about the importance of not letting anger and hardship paralyze people and feel they cannot make a difference.

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Rev. Al Sharpton asks Ohio AG to release tape in Walmart shooting