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TheGrio's 100: Tamika Mallory, executive director, National Action Network

By Keosha Johnson

8:03 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Tamika Mallory was named executive director of the National Action Network two years ago...
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Tyler Perry honored by Sharpton organization

By theGrio

12:10 PM on 10/20/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Tyler Perry has gotten plenty of criticism from some who feel his popular movies don't reflect well on the black community...
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Is there still a chance to save Troy Davis?

By Camilo Smith

3:08 PM on 09/20/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Amnesty International, the NAACP and the National Action Network are drawing attention to one last effort...
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Sharpton: No conflict being civil rights leader and TV host (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

6:10 PM on 08/23/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - Sharpton sat down exclusively with theGrio's Todd Johnson to discuss his new MSNBC show...
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History in the making at DC's MLK memorial

By Rev. Al Sharpton

11:46 AM on 08/22/2011

OPINION - The King memorial will not only pay homage to our nation's greatest civil rights leader, but it will also be the first time a non-president will be memorialized on the banks of the Potomac...
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Making our voices heard in the jobs debate

By Janaye Ingram

9:04 AM on 08/18/2011

OPINION - Too often, the discussion about the economy is led by people in Washington -- legislators, political figureheads, economists...
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Rev. Sharpton calls for action on racial wealth gap

By News One

1:35 PM on 07/28/2011

NEWS ONE - The pew research center released a racial wealth gap study whose results caused Reverend Al Sharpton to call for immediate action...
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Al Sharpton on Cornel West: 'Black intellectuals have problems with me'

By theGrio

9:07 AM on 04/22/2011

In this exclusive video report for NewsOne, correspondent Stacy Samuel reviews Al Sharpton's transformation from firebrand to elder statesman of the civil rights movement...
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A stronger America starts with us

By Yvette Miley

6:27 AM on 04/10/2011

OPINION - For those of us busy living our American dream, should there be leaders looking out for the collective 'we'?
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'We rise and fall together,' Obama tells Sharpton group

By theGrio

8:42 AM on 04/07/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - The president, officially running for re-election as of this week, stood by his record of the past two years as proof of real progress...
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Sharpton draws focus on the issues at annual event

By theGrio

8:32 AM on 04/07/2011

NEW YORK (AP) -The Rev. Al Sharpton marked the 20th anniversary of his Harlem-based organization with President Barack Obama...
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Obama carefully courts black votes with Sharpton

By theGrio

11:28 AM on 04/06/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a foray into racial territory by speaking at the Rev. Al Sharpton's national convention...
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Is Sharpton the closest thing we have to a King?

By David A. Love

12:57 AM on 01/17/2011

OPINION - Sharpton has proven that black leadership is useful and even necessary on the outside, even when the most powerful leader in the free world is a black man...
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Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network climbing out of debt

By theGrio

10:33 AM on 09/09/2010

After the National Action Network's problems became public in 2008, Sharpton met with its board and decided not to declare bankruptcy...
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Sharpton outraged over Seattle police officer punch

By Aysha Hussain

2:01 PM on 06/17/2010

VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton said he believes it is irresponsible for the Seattle Police Officers Guild to defend the officer's actions as not racist...
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Ex-Obama mentor: Sharpton is the president's link to the streets

By theGrio

8:31 AM on 04/19/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - "Sharpton has become the lightning rod in moving Obama's agenda forward," said Charles Ogletree...
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Sharpton's National Action Network: An organization like no other

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:25 AM on 04/17/2010

OPINION - They don't get together to talk about what will make the world a better place, they actually get out there and do it...
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Michael Steele: GOP wants to help black community

By theGrio

10:35 AM on 04/15/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Steele received a warm welcome from hundreds of black activists at the annual meeting of the National Action Network, an organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton...
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Bill O'Reilly booed at Al Sharpton's National Action Network Conference

By theGrio

4:00 PM on 04/14/2010

VIDEO - Bill O'Reilly received warm applause after he was introduced by Sharpton. However, his reception soured when he began to talk...
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Health Secretary to focus on what's ailing minorities

By theGrio

2:37 PM on 04/14/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is developing an action plan that will focus on reducing health disparities between minority and white populations...
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