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Rev. Al Sharpton outside of New York City Police Department Headquarters, 1999. In 1999, Sharpton led a protest to raise awareness about the death of Amadou Diallo, an immigrant from Guinea who was shot dead by NYPD officers. Sharpton claimed that Diallo's death was the result of police brutality and racial profiling. Although all four ...
The father of Rev. Al Sharpton has died, the MSNBC host announced Saturday. He was 93. “I’m deeply saddened to announce the passing of my father, Al Sharpton, Sr.
A late Colonial Georgian house built of a combination of bricklaying styles. The c. 1845 main house and the c. 1855 Rev. Sharpe's study consisted of English bond (now painted), the kitchen and laundry brickwork is a variation of Flemish bond, while the c. 1905 repairs are a pseudo Flemish bond. Corrugated iron dated c. 1905 covers the original ...
Adams died Wednesday following a bout with pneumonia, his sister, Edith Clifton, told The Detroit News on Thursday. Adams spent a half-century as pastor of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church before ...
Tyson died April 18 after he was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club while telling officers he couldn't breathe. The Rev. Al Sharpton calls for justice in eulogy for Ohio ...
James Sharp, or Sharpe, (4 May 1618 – 3 May 1679) was a minister in the Church of Scotland, or kirk, who served as Archbishop of St Andrews from 1661 to 1679. His support for Episcopalianism, or governance by bishops, brought him into conflict with elements of the kirk who advocated Presbyterianism. Twice the victim of assassination attempts ...
Martha Ingham Dickie Sharp Cogan (April 25, 1905 – December 6, 1999) was an American Unitarian who was involved in humanitarian and social justice work with her first husband, a Unitarian minister, Waitstill Sharp, and others of her denomination, and so helped hundreds of refugees, including Jews, to escape Nazi persecution, through relocation and other efforts.
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his ...