- American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a trusted White House adviser who, according to 60 Minutes, has become President Barack Obama's "go-to black leader"
| Real name: | Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. | | Born: | 03 October 1954 Comment | | How old is Al Sharpton in 2024? / Age: | 69 years
| | Where was Al Sharpton born? | New York, USA | | Nicknames: | Al | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
Al Sharpton Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Al Sharpton worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Grey | | Eyes color: | Brown |
Who is Al Sharpton? / Facts
- In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election
- He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances on Fox News (such as on The O'Reilly Factor), CNN, and MSNBC
- 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 Robertson
- 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
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Last update: 17 February 2017
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