The Rev. Al Sharpton said Friday his National Action Network will “move to the next level” if George Zimmerman is not arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Sharpton called for an escalation in peaceful civil disobedience and economic sanctions, although he did not say what those sanctions might be. Turner Clayton, the Seminole County chapter president of the NAACP, reacted…read more →
*As previously reported, Reverend Al Sharpton’s 87-year-old mother, Ada, has died following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The funeral is set for tomorrow, Tuesday at Center Baptist Church in Newville, Alabama and Rev. Sharpton himself will deliver the eulogy. (Are you a fan of EURweb? like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) Visitation for…read more →
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As a white man and a Jew I never really understood Rev. Jesse Jackson. while I always found him to be an intelligent and articulate spokesman for the African American civil rights cause, I regarded him as arrogant even polarizing and divisive. His Hymietown slur in January, 1984 referring to the new York City Jewish community and Hymies for Jews…read more →
Investors.comBias: Having lost that tingly feeling up his leg, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews savages GOP presidential candidates as belonging to cults. Well, at least they didn’t spend two decades listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.Imagine the uproar if Rush Limbaugh had called Islam a cult. yet there was Matthews, whose legs once twitched at every word coming from Barack Obama’s teleprompter,…read more →
One sentiment was clear among the thousands who rallied Thursday night for action in last month’s fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager: justice. Skip to next paragraph Civil rights leader Al Sharpton helped lead the charge, demanding the arrest of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s killing in Sanford. "We cannot allow a precedent when a…read more →
