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Al Sharpton
1954-10-03 · New York City, New York, USA
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a former White House adviser for President Barack Obama. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances cable news television. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show. In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings. Sharpton's supporters praise "his ability and willingness to defy the power structure that is seen as the cause of their suffering" and consider him "a man who is willing to tell it like it is". Former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch, a one-time foe, said that Sharpton deserves the respect he enjoys among black Americans: "He is willing to go to jail for them, and he is there when they need him." President Barack Obama said that Sharpton is "the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden." A 2013 Zogby Analytics poll found that one quarter of African Americans said that Sharpton speaks for them. His critics describe him as "a political radical who is to blame, in part, for the deterioration of race relations". Sociologist Orlando Patterson has referred to him as a racial arsonist, while liberal columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has called him the black equivalent of Richard Nixon and Pat Buchanan. Sharpton sees much of the criticism as a sign of his effectiveness. "In many ways, what they consider criticism is complimenting my job," he said. "An activist's job is to make public civil rights issues until there can be a climate for change." (Wikipedia)
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mr. Deeds
Malcolm X
Empire
The Daily Show
My Wife and Kids
Saturday Night Live
Boston Legal
Raw
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report
Real Time with Bill Maher
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Madea Goes to Jail
Rescue Me
Movie credits · 67
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid
Atrocity Inc.
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)
South to Black Power
When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Loudmouth
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Rudy! A Documusical
The First Wave
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
Woman in Motion
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
The Black Godfather
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Satan & Adam
I Am MLK Jr.
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Prince: the Last Year of a Legend
Maynard
Get Me Roger Stone
A Tale of James Brown
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
91 Bullets in a Minute
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Koch
The Central Park Five
The After Party: The Last Party 3
On the Shoulders of Giants
Looking for Lenny
Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story
Race
TV credits · 41
James Brown: Say It Loud
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Sherri
JANET JACKSON.
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
The Joy Reid Show
Basketball: A Love Story
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
Star
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Empire
Steve Harvey
PoliticsNation
America: The Story of Us
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Murder in Black & White
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
The Colbert Report
I Hate My Job
Tanner on Tanner
Boston Legal
Rescue Me
Anderson Cooper 360°
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
My Wife and Kids
Girlfriends
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Chris Rock Show
The Daily Show
MS NOW Reports
Fox News Sunday
New York Undercover
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Raw
Saturday Night Live
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