Rev. Al Sharpton
Rev. Al Sharptonis the founder and President of the National Action Network(NAN), a not-for-profit civil rights organization headquartered in Harlem, New York, with over seventy chapters nationwide including a Washington, DC Bureau and regional offices from coast to coast.
As one of the nations most-renowned civil rights leaders,a March 2013 Zogby poll said one out of every four African-Americans say that Rev. Sharpton is the person that speaks most for them. Rev. Sharpton polled higher than any other civil rights or political leader in this public opinion survey.
Rev. Al Sharpton has been praised by President Barack Obama as the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden, and by former President George W. Bush who said that Al cares just as much as I care about making sure every child learns to read, write, add and subtract.
Rev. Al Sharpton is currently the host ofa daily television show on MSNBC thatanalyzesthe top political and social news and features the countrys leading newsmakers. PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton airs at 6:00 p.m.Monday through Friday. The showis so popular it broke MSNBC ratings history with the highest viewership of any show at 6:00 p.m. since the networks inception.
Rev. Sharpton also hosts a nationally syndicated radio show Keepin it Realthat is heard daily all over the country as well as two weekend radio shows that air in markets within the U.S.
Rev. Sharpton delivers live remarks at NANs weekly Saturday Rally at NANs Harlem headquarters the House of Justice that is broadcast live on NANs websitewww.nationalactionnetwork.neteachSaturday from 9-11 a.m.
Reverend Al Sharpton, is the author of The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership.In stores on October 8, 2013, the book will be published through a joint venture partnership between Cash Money Content, thepublishing arm of premier record label Cash Money Records and Massenburg Media, in partnership with Atria/Simon & Schuster.In the book, Reverend Al intimately discusses his personal evolution from street activist, pulpit provocateur and civil rights leader, to the larger-than-life man he is today, while providing a series of essential life lessons that readers can adopt to transform their own lives.
From the Central Park Five to gay & lesbian rights to the immigration debates, I have prided myself on taking the side of the rejected people, says Reverend Al Sharpton,and so I decided to call this bookThe Rejected Stone, from a passage of scripture which refers to a stone which was rejected by builders that, in the end, became the chief cornerstone.In the end, that sums up my lifes journey and so many of my people, says Reverend Al.
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