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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)
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1954-10-03
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.2
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Al Sharpton
7.4
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
2021-09-08
6.8
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018-08-02
4.2
The Last Party
1993-08-27
6.5
Good Hair
2009-10-09
0
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018-03-22
7.1
Street Fight
2005-04-23
0
When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story
2023-02-19
6.9
The First Wave
2021-11-19
0
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022-09-23
0
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999-09-24
7.6
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
0
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
2006-01-01
0
Rudy! A Documusical
2022-06-09
7
The Greatest Lie Ever Sold
2022-10-12
6.3
One Night in Vegas
2010-09-07
1
Pursuit of Equality
2005-04-24
7.5
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003-10-29
0
A Tale of James Brown
2016-01-23
6
South to Black Power
2023-11-28
7
The Central Park Five
2012-05-24
0
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid!
2024-08-29
5.2
Maynard
2017-11-16
6.5
The Black List: Volume One
2008-01-22
5.9
Mr. Deeds
2002-06-28
4.3
Run For Cover
1995-05-12
0
Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny Nunez
2009-01-01
0
91 Bullets in a Minute
2014-08-19
1
Cold Feet
1999-08-06
6.4
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
2020-08-12
6.3
Bamboozled
2000-10-06
6.4
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
2005-08-17
0
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014-02-11
6.3
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011-02-11
6.6
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008-04-05
0
Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage
2021-02-10
6.6
Madea Goes to Jail
2009-02-16
0
Let's Talk
2000-02-01
7.8
Uncle Tom
2020-06-19
7.1
Get Me Roger Stone
2017-04-23
6
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
2010-01-26
5
Looking for Lenny
2011-01-01
5
Celsius 41.11
2004-10-22
7.9
Tupac: Resurrection
2003-11-14
6.9
The Black Godfather
2019-06-07
0
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
2020-05-29
6.8
Woman in Motion
2021-02-02
7.5
Satan & Adam
2018-04-20
9.5
I Am MLK Jr.
2018-04-04
0
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018-03-24
0
Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice
2015-02-18
6.9
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014-04-27
5.9
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
2013-06-07
0
The After Party: The Last Party 3
2011-04-01
5
Race
2010-12-13
1
If I Die Tonight
2009-09-06
10
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
2009-07-27
0
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008-10-25
8
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014-11-08
0
Abraham Obama
2009-02-05
4.9
Koch
2013-02-01
5.6
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
7.6
Girlfriends
2000-09-11
7.5
My Wife and Kids
2001-03-28
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20
9.5
MSNBC Live
1996-07-15
5.1
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003-09-08
7.7
Rescue Me
2004-07-21
6.9
The Colbert Report
2005-10-17
8
Star
2016-12-14
6.9
The Colbert Report
2005-10-17
7.1
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13
7.9
Boston Legal
2004-10-03
0
I Hate My Job
2004-11-09
5.6
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021-08-03
0
Murder in Black & White
2008-10-05
6
Basketball: A Love Story
2018-09-18
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
4.4
The Chris Rock Show
1997-02-07
8
JANET JACKSON.
2022-01-28
0
Tanner on Tanner
2004-10-05
4.3
Sherri
2022-09-12
8.1
America: The Story of Us
2010-04-25
7.2
New York Undercover
1994-09-08
7.3
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
2017-03-01
6.7
WWE Raw
1993-01-11
0
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009-09-29
5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
7.5
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018-06-22
6
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21
6.7
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023-01-21
6.6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
7.6
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21
8
James Brown: Say It Loud
2024-02-19