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MSNBC's Contessa Brewer has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. She made the slip-up Wednesday while introducing Jackson during a segment on homelessness. After the introduction, Jackson stared at the camera from a studio in Burbank, Calif., and said, "I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson."
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots.
The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative radio host's track record on race should exclude him from owning an NFL team. Sharpton sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, arguing that Limbaugh has been divisive and "anti-NFL" in some of his comments.
The Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich don't agree on much, but a meeting with a group of inner-city charter school students on Tuesday left them with the same impression: There is hope for improving the U.S. education system.
In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them, yelling obscenities and throwing bricks and watermelons their way.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is joining forces with two unlikely allies, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to push cities to fix failing schools.
The Rev. Al Sharpton has delivered a sermon in Los Angeles where he called for nationwide "love vigils" for Michael Jackson on Tuesday.
Michael Jackson's glimmering casket took center stage at the Staples Center, sitting for more than two hours as celebrities memorialized the King of Pop under the watchful eyes of millions. And when the ceremony was over, it was gone.
Michael Jackson's father, Joe, says planning for the pop star's funeral is awaiting results of a second autopsy.
More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson's memorial service next week.
Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public.
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday called for opponents of an Arizona sheriff who has aggressively cracked down on illegal immigration to videotape alleged racial profiling by the sheriff's office.
President Barack Obama on Thursday discussed ways to improve the education system with the unlikely political trio of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said he feels a weight has lifted, now that his longrunning battles with the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission are finally resolved.
The Rev. Al Sharpton says a New York Post cartoon that appears to link President Obama to a violent chimpanzee is "troubling at best."
Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand started her statewide "listening tour" Saturday in the urban heart of Harlem — far from the upstate farmlands she represented as a congresswoman.
Caroline Kennedy is no stranger to cameras, from her Camelot childhood to her recent years as a fixture on the New York charity-gala circuit.
Federal auditors have concluded the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 campaign owes the government nearly $500,000 for illegal donations and other financial improprieties. Sharpton has been feuding with the Federal Election Commission for years over his accounting in his failed run for president, for which he received $100,000 in so-called government matching funds that authorities later concluded he did not deserve because he hadn't followed campaign laws.
Prosecutors have called a grand jury to investigate a man's accusation that New York City police attacked and sodomized him.
A New York judge has convicted the Rev. Al Sharpton of disorderly conduct during protests over a police shooting and sentenced him to time served.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said Monday that he and other civil rights leaders are kicking off a campaign to register voters in seven key states.
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday defended the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has come under fire for his recent crude off-air criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The Rev. Al Sharpton rejected a plea offer Monday and will go to trial in September on a disorderly conduct charge related to demonstrations over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day.
Federal prosecutors have decided not to seek criminal charges against the Rev. Al Sharpton over his chronic tax problems, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.
Racism in the Republican PartyConor Friedersdorf on how the GOP can repair its image—and the myths the left perpetuates.
Brown Man Thinking Hard: Why Is Newt Gingrich On The Cover Of My Alumni Magazine?Newt Gingrich and I have the same alma mater. I had no idea that we both graduated from the same place.
Sharpton's Million Dollar Shakedown RacketAlmost 50 companies – including PepsiCo, General Motors, Wal-Mart, FedEx, Continental Airlines, Johnson & Johnson and Chase – and some labor unions sponsored Sharpton's National Action Network annual conference in April.
Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson attack Rush Limbaugh's Bid to Buy St. Louis Rams; Say Host Made Wealth Appealing to "The Fears of Whites""The National Football League has set high standards for racial justice and inclusion," Jackson said.
Black Leaders Ignore Black-on-Black CrimeExcerpt- There's a reason for their uncharacteristic silence. Derrion's murder does not fit the black liberation narrative.
A Tackle Box Full of Race Bait by Jonah Goldberg on National Review OnlineHearing racism whether or not it's warranted is called prejudice.
Arizona Pastor Calls for Obamas DeathUh Oh, Looks like Satan has gotten a hold of one of the Caucasian members and has made him loose control of his mouth. He is now publicaly voicing what most Whites are thinking, praying and saying now.
Frank Rich - New York Times - Op-Ed Columnist - She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns ItSARAH PALIN and Al Sharpton don't ordinarily have much in common, but they achieved a rare harmonic convergence at Michael Jackson's memorial service.
Al Sharpton says the dead must be respected until they receive a funeral and burial, which one can fairly suspect is the reason they've kept Michael on ice for 10 days. Well, that grace period is about over.
Fox News goes 10 for 10!Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.
It's been interesting to follow this whole battle that's gone on between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and late night talk show giant David Letterman.
Al Sharpton set to meet Uighurs: Rev. heads for Bermuda to see ex-Guantanamo Bay prisonersGuess who's going to meet the Uighurs?
Summit on Senate Impasse Is Planned at Sharpton's OfficesGov. David A. Paterson, State Senate Democrats and other Democratic officials and allies will be meeting at the Harlem offices of the Rev.
Activist seeks help in sheriff's abuse probeA civil rights leader is calling for opponents of an Arizona sheriff who has aggressively cracked down on illegal immigration to videotape alleged racial profiling by his office.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, dubbed the "voice of black America", speaks at a Tampa church anniversary - St. Petersburg TimesFor the 20th anniversary of the Bible-Based Fellowship Church in Carrollwood, a congregation that doesn't shy away from the fiery speeches of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, its leader introduced another speaker that may not have needed an introduction.
Bullying: Suicides Put a Spotlight on a Schoolyard Problem - TIMELast month two 11-year-old boys committed suicide within 10 days of each other.
Obama has managed another, I never thought I would see it in my life time, moment. Al Sharpton, Republican Newt Gingrich and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg met the the president to join forces. Lets go to the Video Tape
Living in Al Sharpton WorldOnly Al Sharpton could consider a $285,000 Federal Election Commis sion fine -- one of the heftiest such penalties ever -- a "vindication."
Singing the Jew Blues - Anti-Semitism has become mainstream.They're singing the blues, the Jews Blues. And with it the stage has been set for the elimination of the Jewish state and a grim future for Jews in the United States. If the result sought is that "we are all anti-Semites now," then the Jews Blues are the means to that end.
How much longer will MSNBC continue to kow-tow to the titanic egomaniac that is Keith Olbermann? This is a question that reasonable people across ideological lines are asking today in the wake of Olbermann's shameful - yet shameless - pornographic rants last night, April 15, whi …
Sharpton, City Council Members Petition for FCC to Pull News Corp.'s WaiverThe Rev. Al Sharpton and several New York city council members want the FCC to pull News Corp.'s waiver that allows it to own two TV stations-WNEW and WWOR-serving the New York market.
'Racist' US cartoon causes stirA cartoon in the New York Post newspaper has triggered accusations that it is a racist depiction of President Barack Obama. Commentators denounced the cartoon, while campaigner Rev Al Sharpton vowed to picket the newspaper's headquarters.
Sharpton blasts Post cartoon linking stimulus bill to chimpThe artist, Sean Delonas, called Sharpton's reaction "ridiculous," and the newspaper defended its decision to run his cartoon.
"Barack The Magic Negro"-GateFor those unfamiliar with him, this article is written by Larry Elder who happens to be a conservative, black talk show host, columnist, and author (latest book...."Stupid Black Men").
Rev Al Sharpton at 5W Public Relations 'We're Close, but We're Not there Yet" We have made enormous progress..." Yet, he said, "Martin Luther King used to say 'you gotta measure things from the bottom to the top,' so we made a lot of top progress, but the bottom has to be on the same progressive curve as the top.
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