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A NY Times reporter spent yesterday observing and experiencing the Reverend Al Sharpton's action rally at his National Action Network headquarters.
On most Saturdays, the so-called House of Justice on West 145th Street can feel as casual as the International House of Pancakes 10 blocks south. Anyone can walk in and take a seat. The words etched onto the large tinted window at the entrance, facing 145th Street, read not House of Justice or National Action Network but Diamond Gym, the storefront’s former occupant, which explains why the walls are lined with mirrors.Yesterday, in a fast-paced 90 minutes before a crowd of fewer than 100 people, Mr. Sharpton led a drummer and a pianist through a gospel song (“Sing it like you mean it,” he sang into the microphone), criticized the federal government’s slow pace of rebuilding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and paid tribute to the sacrifices of both Jesus Christ and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Reporter Manny Fernandez also notes that not only is Sharpton center stage, there's a "framed, close-up portrait of Mr. Sharpton" behind him, with a light shining on it.
It's fascinating how Sharpton has evolved from controversial figure - Tawana Brawley case, for one - to controversial figure with a lot of clout - Mayor Bloomberg made sure to have Sharpton by his side when he addressed the Sean Bell shooting. And the presidential contenders for the Democratic nomination would love to have his support. But at the heart of it, Sharpton still runs a grassroots organization, even though he may have hosted Saturday Night Live. The National Action Network was formed in 1991 and the rallies are broadcast on WLIB-AM (1190 AM).
Photograph of the National Action Network's headquarters when closed by Joe Schumacher on Flickr
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Al Sharpton -- Guys like you and Jackson really need to grow up and become Americans. are you serious about being offended by Imuse's remarks -- if so please don't attend a Jackie Mason show or a Don Rickles show-- Grow up and get real -- in the meantime, people of your culture are responsible for a grossly disproportionate amount of crime including rapes, robberies and murder. Because I'm a cracker who recognizes your short comings, I, Like many others give you wide berth and try to overlook the statistics that are proof that you guys are not helping our country. your friend, Frank p.s. Grow Up - if you want to stay in America -- assimilate-- we all get only one walk through the park -- Let's be real -- forget about your color -- I don't see you as being any different until you insist on pointing it out!! That's kid shit !!
Lol, Tracey Morgan playing Al Sharpton .
The Reverend Al Sharpton has for the past 10 or maybe 30 years been a strong defender of the blacks. In doing so he has also put down any other race (whites mostly) who do not agree with him. It is my opinion that this would make him a bigger racist than any one he has ever gone after. Please name for me one white person he has defended for being put down by someone of another race.
Al Sharpton is a totally idiot. He and jesse jackson need to take there there love children and goe the hell out of here. Go back to africa. Wait a minute I work with a good ral African from the Congo they don't want them either.
Why doesn't Al Sharpton pickett a famous gangster rapper at that rapper's record company with a massive crowd of african american parents who are outraged by introducing words like "Ho" or "bitch" into the common vocabulary via recordings?
He rises to the occassion by justifying his position in the black community by getting Don Imus fired. Fine. Now go do the same within your own community and it won't seem like you are such a racist yourself.
The only thing you are accomplishing is alienating white america by viciously attacking Imus with everything you have and then complaining about no media coverage when you protest gangster rap. That's bullshit. If you put as much on the line with gangster rappers as you did Imus....you might make some headway within your own community.
Mr. Sharpton,
We live in Dutchess County - and were living here during the TWANA BRAWLEY debacle that YOU fanned the flames on. You are STILL a big loud-mouth -- NOTHING has changed.
I ask you...........now that you have gone after Imus (and I wholehearted believe he needed to be disciplined for his outrageous remarks)....when are YOU going to go after the filthy, discusting, DISRESPECTFUL lyrics toward women that so many BLACK RAPPERS are SPEWING on the radio, tv and in videos????????????
Your FIRST target could be Emeniem because HE is white and we all know how you are offended by the white population. Well it is NOT about IMUS being racist -- he was just STUPID!!! YOU, MR. SHARPTON are the racist -- against anyone who is NOT of color!!! Take a look in the mirror Mr Sharpton and remember ......Tawana Brawley. And THEN REMEMBER STEVEN PAGONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!