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Rev. Sharpton & NAN Release Statement Denouncing Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad
—Oct 22 2020(New York, NY, October 22, 2020) — The world is witnessing young Nigerians take to the streets and peacefully protest against police brutality. The National Action Network (NAN) stands in solidarity with their calls to dismantle the disgracefully violent Special Anti-Robbery Squad. We join in their demand to end all forms of police misconduct and […]
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Watch NAN’s Press Conference with Civil Rights Groups to Oppose Supreme Court Nomination
—Oct 16 2020(New York, NY) — Following the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Rev. Sharpton and the National Action Network convened a virtual press conference in order to discuss Judge Barrett’s failed civil rights record, the flaws in her nomination process, the risk she places to voting rights, the Affordable Care Act, and […]
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Rev. Sharpton, Melanie Campbell, Kirsten Clarke, Damon Hewitt, Sherrilyn Ifill, Derrick Johnson, Marc Morial, NAN & Leaders Of Other Civil Rights Groups to Hold Virtual News Conference Opposing Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
—Oct 14 2020New York, NY (October 14, 2020) — Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of National Action Network (NAN) will join the leaders of National Urban League, NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to urge Senators against nominating […]