Al Sharpton

The Reverend Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American politician, minister, and civil rights activist. A Pentecostal, Sharpton was the first major black presidential candidate of the 21st century to run for the Democratic Party nomination, doing so in 2004.

External links

• Salon Interview with Al Sharpton
• 80s Icon Al Sharpton
• Text of Democratic National Convention 2004 Speech
• The grand jury report on the Brawley case
• A CNN story on the Pagones suit
• A pro-Brawley article on her first public appearance in years
• Meet Al Sharpton
• Sharpton Campaign Assisted by Republican Organizers - (Village Voice)
• NATIONAL REVIEW: FEATURE ARTICLE JAY NORDLINGER ON THE RISE TO POWER OF AL SHARPTON March 20, 2000
• The Harvard Salient: April 15, 1999: Up Front
• Salon | New Year's wish for the Reverend Al
• Byron York on Howard Dean & Race on National Review Online
• Reverend Sharpton's Anti-Semetic & Racist Broadcasts
• City Journal Summer 2002 | Why Blacks Don?t Need Leaders by John H. McWhorter
• PAGE ONE -- 8 Killed In Harlem -- Arson / Gunman among dead