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*Earlier today Rev. Al Sharpton President of the National Action Network and MSNBC host, along with the family of slain civil rights icon Emmett Till, met with reps of the PepsiCo. Here is his statement regarding that meeting. “The meeting today with PepsiCo representatives, the family of Emmett Till, and me at corporate headquarters was [...]
*(New York, NY) — According to Rev. Al Sharpton, MSNBC host and President of National Action Network, the false reporting by the media in the Boston bombing case was offensive and inflammatory, including specific references by CNN’s John King who labeled the alleged suspect as a “dark-skinned male” perpetuating a stereotypical characterization devoid of relevant [...]
*Rev. Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC “Politics Nation” and founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN) will join with African American and Latino community leaders at the grand opening of The National Action Network Western Regional and Los Angeles Chapter Headquarters to announce his organization in Los Angeles is forming a committee on [...]
*Washington, DC — Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network (NAN) issued the following statement in the wake of Rev. Sharpton’s attendance at the White House as the President and Vice President unveiled their gun control proposal. “Given the many murders in cities across the country and the mass shootings in churches, malls, movie theatres [...]
*Is the Rev. Al Sharpton actually making an impact in politics again? With his MSNBC show, “Politics Nation,” it looks like the perm-haired activist is making waves by bringing to front issues of race in politics. He began his program just one year ago, with many questioning whether or not it would be a spectacle. But [...]
*There were many who were surprised by the 2012 Presidential election. In simple terms, they didn’t expect us to show up; but we did, and we helped propel this President to victory for four more years. As leaders meet with the President this week, and as we fast approach negotiations on the fiscal cliff, we [...]
*The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been arrested in a group of protesting northern Illinois workers during an act of civil disobedience in Freeport, Ill. Michael Peery, a spokesman for Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, tells The Associated Press that Jackson was taken into custody Wednesday with about a dozen workers. He is expected to be released later [...]
*Sean “Diddy” Combs was honored by Rev. Al Sharpton’s civil rights organization this week. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The rap star was handed a prize at the National Action Network’s (NAN) third annual Triumph Awards at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, and Diddy used his acceptance speech to pay homage to Sharpton, who founded [...]
*Atlanta is about getting hot today/Tuesday with a powerful luncheon with Martin Luther King, III and the Rev. Al Sharpton for a the National Action Network’s voter engagement. Other guests will include Pastor Michael A. Walrond, Jr., head of NAN’s Ministers Division and Pastor Japser Williams of Salem Baptist Church. The luncheon will begin at [...]
*Distressed by the recent hazing death of Florida A&M University band student Robert Champion Jr., a coalition of black fraternities and sororities have teamed with civil rights leader Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Leaders of the coalition told reporters Thursday that the [...]
*7-year-old entertainment reporter Harmony Love Bailey asked Rev. Al Sharpton, at LA’s First African Methodist Episcopal Church, why is it important to have a Los Angeles uprising (riots) 20 Year anniversary & about how Rodney King has forgiven the LAPD officers who beat him back in 1992.
*Reverend Al Sharpton of the National Action Network (NAN) has issued the following statement regarding the granting of bail for George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Martin: “The National Action Network will monitor the legal proceedings as they advance. Though we clearly feel the Judge had the basis to deny bail based upon Mr. Zimmerman’s [...]
*Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network will convene in Washington, DC for NAN’s annual national convention from April 11-14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center featuring a who’s who in politics, civil rights, education, business, the church, Corporate America and much more. The four day event honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, [...]
*The National Action Network’s 2012 convention will kick off this Wednesday in Washington D.C. And as we all know, Washington D.C. is the center of the political world and Rev. Al Sharpton has managed (for the second straight year) to attract some of President Obama’s top officials to the convention to speak. Last year, United [...]
*Al Sharpton, who has been in the forefront of calling attention to the Trayvon Martin case, has released a statement about the special prosecutor’s decision today to forego bringing the case before a grand jury. It “vindicates the position that we have taken all along—that is you do not need a grand jury to make [...]
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