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President Joe Biden speaks to the National Action Network Convention remotely from the South Court Auditorium of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden tells racial justice meeting, ‘We’ve kept our promises,’ as he looks to energize Black voters

President Joe Biden has virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharpton’s racial justice conference, telling a sympathetic crowd “we’ve kept our promises” as he ramps up efforts to energize Black voters who will be vital to his reelection bid this fall.
 
Bettersten Wade, center, watches as the body of her son, Dexter Wade, is lowered into a grave as she holds hands with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, right, in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Dexter Wade, a 37-year-old man who died after being hit by a Jackson police SUV driven by an off-duty officer, was initially buried in a paupers cemetery without any notification to his family. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi man killed by police SUV receives funeral months after first burial in paupers’ cemetery

 
Rev. Al Sharpton makes a point as he gives the Eulogy during the memorial service for shooting victim Angela Carr, 52, at The Bethel Baptist Church, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Uber driver Carr was one of three people killed in the racially motivated shooting. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Jacksonville begins funerals for Black victims of racist gunman with calls to action, warm memories

 
A person holds an image of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as they listen to speakers during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary

 
Caroline Ouko, center, and Leon Ochieng, right, mother and older brother of Irvo Otieno, react near his casket during the celebration of life for Irvo Otieno at First Baptist Church in North Chesterfield, Va., on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, died after he was pinned to the floor by seven sheriff's deputies and several others while he was being admitted to a mental hospital. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Remembrances, calls for reform at Irvo Otieno’s funeral

 

Al Sharpton delivers eulogy for Angela Carr, slain in Jacksonville shooting

A funeral was held on Friday to remember Angela Carr, one of the three Black victims of a racist attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville on August 26. Carr, 52, was killed in the parking lot when the shooter fired bullets into her car. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy and vowed to fight hate in her name. (Sept. 8)
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FILE - This undated photo provided by Ben Crump Law shows Irvo Otieno. The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, a civil rights organization, announced Sharpton will deliver a eulogy in the Wednesday, March 29, 2023, funeral of Otieno in Chesterfield, Va. The 28-year-old Black man died after he was pinned to the floor by seven sheriff’s deputies and several others while he was being admitted to a mental hospital. (Courtesy of Ben Crump Law via AP, File)

Sharpton to speak at funeral of man pinned down by deputies

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of a 28-year-old Black man who died after he was pinned to the floor by seven sheriff’s deputies and several others while he was being admitted to a mental hospital in Virginia.
 

Al Sharpton’s half-brother pleads guilty to federal charges

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama pastor and voting rights activist, who is the half-brother of the Rev.
 
The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to a crowd of hundreds from the steps of the Senate portico during the National Action Network demonstration in response to Gov. Ron DeSantis's rejection of a high school African American history course, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 in Tallahassee, Fla. (Alicia Devine /Tallahassee Democrat via AP)

Sharpton to DeSantis: Stop censoring Black history

The Rev. Al Sharpton has led a march to Florida’s Capitol to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of a high school African American history course.
 
Rev. Al Sharpton introduces the family of Tyre Nichols during Nichols' funeral service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Nichols died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP, Pool)

Impassioned calls for police reform at Tyre Nichols’ funeral

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The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference about the death of Tyre Nichols, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. A funeral service for Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop, is scheduled to be held on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Tyre Nichols’ family grieves ‘on sacred ground’ in Memphis

On the eve of the funeral for Tyre Nichols, who died days after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers, his family are sharing remembrances and expressing grief.
 
FILE - Marvin Grier holds a program during a funeral service for his daughter Brianna Grier on Aug. 11, 2022, in Atlanta. Prosecutors will not seek an indictment against sheriff's deputies in the death of Grier, a handcuffed Georgia woman who fell from a patrol car after the deputies failed to close the rear passenger-side door, authorities announced Monday, Nov. 7. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

No indictment in death of handcuffed woman who fell from car

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors will not seek an indictment against sheriff’s deputies in the death of a handcuffed Georgia woman who fell from a patrol car after the deputies failed to close the rear passenger-side door, authorities announced Monday.
 
Rev. Al Sharpton, left, stands next to the casket as people file past during a funeral service for Brianna Grier Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Atlanta. The 28-year-old Georgia woman died after she fell from a moving patrol car following her arrest. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Sharpton puts spotlight on Georgia woman’s patrol car fall

ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded a full accounting of how a Georgia woman fell from a moving patrol car after her arrest, saying at her funeral Thursday that he would seek a Justice Department review of her case if the family didn’t get answers.
 
The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and Cherelle Griner attend a news conference in Chicago, Friday, July 8, 2022. Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, joined Sharpton and WNBA players and union leader Terri Jackson the day after Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug possession charges in a Russian court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Ogwumike, WNBA continue push for Brittney Griner’s release

Nneka Ogwumike says Brittney Griner is an American hero. Speaking ahead of the WNBA’s All-Star festivities in Chicago, Ogwumike focused more on Griner’s humanity than her playing ability as the league continued to push for Griner’s release from her detention in Russia.
 
Director Spike Lee, left, and journalist Al Sharpton, right, attend the premiere for "Loudmouth" at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center during the 2022 Tribeca Festival on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Al Sharpton takes a bow, with Spike, to close out Tribeca

On the eve of Juneteenth, the Tribeca Festival came to a close with the Rev. Al Sharpton documentary “Loudmouth.”
 
Actor Jennifer Lopez attends the 2022 Tribeca Festival opening night world premiere of "Halftime" at the United Palace on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Jennifer Lopez and ‘Halftime’ kick off Tribeca Festival

The Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime” is kicking off the 21st Tribeca Festival on Wednesday, launching the annual New York event with an intimate behind-the-scenes portrait of the singer-actor filmed during the tumultuous year she turned 50, co-headlined the Super Bowl and narrowly missed out on
 
FILE - A group prays at the site of a memorial for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the Tops Friendly Market on Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. Funeral services are set for Friday for three of those killed: Geraldine Talley, Andre Mackniel and Margus Morrison. They are among the 10 people killed and three wounded May 14 when a white gunman opened fire on shoppers and employees at a Tops Friendly Market. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)

3 more funerals for Buffalo victims in week of goodbyes

A week filled with goodbyes continues for family and friends of victims of the racist attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
 
RETRANMISSION TO CORRECT NAME TO JAQUES “JAKE” PATTERSON - Tirzah Patterson, former wife of Buffalo shooting victim Heyward Patterson, speaks as her son, Jaques "Jake" Patterson, 12, covers his face during a press conference outside the Antioch Baptist Church on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

‘How dare you!': Grief, anger from Buffalo victims’ kin

Relatives of the 10 Black people massacred in a Buffalo supermarket are pleading with the nation to confront and stop racist violence.
 
Patrick Lyoya's mother, Dorcas Lyoya, left, is embraced during the funeral for Patrick Lyoya at the Renaissance Church of God in Christ Family Life Center, Friday, April 22, 2022 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle, saying at Lyoya's funeral Friday: “We want his name!" (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Sharpton demands name of officer who killed Patrick Lyoya

The Rev. Al Sharpton is demanding that authorities release the name of the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle.
 
First lady Jill Biden wears a mask with a sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, in support of the Ukrainian people at an event to celebrate Black History Month in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden closes out Black History Month with White House event

President Joe Biden welcomed Black leaders to the White House Monday for a jovial Black History Month celebration, where he used the moment to call on Congress to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and pass voting rights bills.
 
Rev. Al Sharpton, third from left, president of the National Action Network (NAN), and Mayor Eric Adams, far right, stand next to Sybrina Fulton, center, the mother of Trayvon Martin, as she address a rally commemorating the 10th anniversary of her son's killing, Saturday Feb. 26, 2022, at NAN's Harlem headquarters in New York. "Today is a bittersweet day," said Fulton, who with her family created the Trayvon Martin Foundation to raise awareness of gun violence. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Trayvon Martin’s mother: ‘Don’t give up’ fight for justice

The mother of Trayvon Martin is marking the 10th anniversary of her son’s death by thanking those who sought justice for her family and urging them to continue to fight.
 
Andre Locke, Amir Locke's father, speaks during the funeral for Amir Locke at Shiloh Temple International Ministries, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Minneapolis, Minn. Locke was killed Feb. 2 by Minneapolis police as they executed a no-knock search warrant. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Sharpton: Without no-knock warrant, Locke would be alive

The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered for Amir Locke’s funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants.
 
A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis after body cam footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department showed an officer shoot and kill Locke during a no-knock warrant. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

Amir Locke funeral set for Thursday; Sharpton to officiate

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The funeral for Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis police executing a search warrant, will be held Thursday in the church that hosted Daunte Wright’s funeral last April.
 
FILE - Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Fired Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 saying racist hiring practices by the league have left it racially segregated and managed like a plantation. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Goodell, civil rights leaders meet over Rooney Rule

A group of civil rights leaders called for replacing the Rooney Rule in a meeting Monday with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
 
Civil rights activist Porchse Miller of Atlanta shouts into a megaphone in front of a mural of Ahmaud Arbery during march that followed the Wall of Prayer event outside the Glynn County Courthouse, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga. The Rev. Al Sharpton organized the event after defense attorney Kevin Gough to objected to the presence of Black pastors in the courtroom the trial for Arbery's killers. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing

Hundreds of pastors are rallying at the Georgia courthouse where three white men are on trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
 
Defense attorney Kevin Gough addresses the court during the trial for the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Courthouse on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 in Brunswick, Ga. Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, are charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Arbery. (Sean Rayford/Pool Photo via AP)

Attorney: No more `Black pastors’ in court for Arbery case

An attorney for one of three white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia says he doesn’t want “any more Black pastors” in the courtroom.
 
State Sen. Brian Benjamin embraces Gov. Kathy Hochul during an event in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in New York. Hochul has selected Benjamin as her choice for lieutenant governor. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Hochul announces Benjamin as pick for lieutenant governor

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced state Sen. Brian Benjamin as her choice for lieutenant governor Thursday in the senator’s Harlem district.
 
People leave the funeral services for the late Marcel Theo Hall, aka "Biz Markie" at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts on Monday Aug. 2, 2021 in Patchogue, NY. (Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday via AP)

Laughter, tears, cheers at funeral for Biz Markie

Friends and family of Biz Markie celebrated his life and legacy at a funeral, remembering the rapper as larger than life and full of love.
 
Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and attorney Benjamin Crump, right, escort Rebecca Payne to view her grandson's casket during the funeral service for 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the Beebe High Schools Auditorium in Beebe, Ark. Brittain was shot by a Lonoke County Sheriff's Deputy during a traffic stop on June 23. (Tommy Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Al Sharpton eulogizes white Arkansas teen shot by deputy

The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd’s family have joined family and friends in mourning a white Arkansas teenager shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy.
 
FILE - In a 2021 file photo provided by Bickerton Law Group representing the family of Lindani Myeni, he is standing on a beach in Waimanalo, Hawaii with his wife and two children. On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Honolulu's prosecuting attorney said his investigation has concluded that officers were justified in a shooting that killed Myeni. (Myeni Family Photo/Bickerton Law Group via AP)

Prosecutor: Honolulu police killing of Black man justified

Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney says his investigation has concluded that officers were justified in a shooting that killed a Black man.
 
In a 2021 photo provided by Bickerton Law Group representing the family of Lindani Myeni, he is standing on a beach in Waimanalo, Hawaii with his wife and two children. Some Black people in Hawaii say Myeni's shooting death by Honolulu police is a reminder that Hawaii isn't the racially harmonious paradise it's held up to be. (Myeni Family Photo/Bickerton Law Group via AP)

Sharpton condemns Honolulu police shooting of Black man

Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning the Honolulu Police Department in the fatal shooting of a Black man as various versions of what led to his death emerge.
 
FILE - This Thursday May 20, 2021, file photo, shows New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, as she campaigns and meets with health care workers outside New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York. Candidates in New York City's heavily contested Democratic mayoral primary urged people to go to the polls in the coming days as early voting kicked off today. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Early voting starts in NY, candidates urge people to polls

NEW YORK (AP) — Candidates in New York City’s heavily contested Democratic mayoral primary on Saturday urged people to go to the polls in the coming days as early voting kicked off.
 

Danny Glover joins crowd at rally against anti-Asian bias

NEW YORK (AP) — Health care workers demonstrating against anti-Asian bias were joined by actor and longtime activist Danny Glover on Thursday at a rally, where he spoke of solidarity and communities supporting each other.
 
Mourners attend the funeral for Andrew Brown Jr., Monday, May 3, 2021 at Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City, N.C. Brown was fatally shot by Pasquotank County Sheriff deputies trying to serve a search warrant. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Calls for justice at N.C. funeral of Andrew Brown Jr.

The funeral for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by deputies in North Carolina, brought calls for justice from the Rev.
 
FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, from left, Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd; attorney Ben Crump and Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, hold a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on the first day of the Derek Chauvin murder trial. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP)

‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere

Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.”

In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd -- Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked a movement.
 
Protesters gather on Elizabeth Street near the Pasquotank River Bridge in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 following the 8p.m. curfew. The FBI has launched a civil rights probe into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in Elizabeth City. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Andrew Brown Jr. funeral set for Monday with Sharpton eulogy

A funeral will be held next Monday for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by North Carolina deputies, with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy.
 
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