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In January 1991, when other members of the gang were given light sentences, Sharpton planned another march for January 12, 1991. Before that demonstration began, neighborhood resident Michael Riccardi tried to kill Sharpton by stabbing him in the chest. [ 30 ]
On the third day of the disturbances, Al Sharpton and Sonny Carson led a march. [32] The marchers proceeded through Crown Heights carrying antisemitic signs and burning an Israeli flag. [32] [33] Rioters threw bricks and bottles at police; shots were fired at police and police cars were pelted and overturned, including the Police Commissioner's ...
A march of 25,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians to encourage Congress to start a public works program. 1932 May–July Bonus Army: March by 20,000 World War I veterans and their families seeking advance payment of bonuses from the Hoover administration; two killed. 1939 April 9 Marian Anderson concert 75,000 estimated attendance.
NAN, which Sharpton created in 1991, promotes an agenda focusing on criminal justice reform, police accountability, crisis intake and victim assistance, voting rights, corporate responsibility and ...
March 1991 events in the United States (2 C, 9 P) This page was last edited on 28 January 2025, at 00:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the National Action Network Convention in person last year. NEW YORK (AP) — President […] The post Rev. Al Sharpton’s annual civil rights conference ...
Founder and president of the National Action Network Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a press conference and signing of legislation creating a commission for the study of reparations in New York on ...
Al Sharpton at National Action Network's headquarters in 2007. The National Action Network (NAN) is an American not-for-profit, civil-rights organization founded by the Reverend Al Sharpton in New York City, New York, in early 1991. [1] In a 2016 profile, Vanity Fair called Sharpton "arguably the country's most influential civil rights leader". [2]