Press Releases
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NAN and Other Civil Rights Groups Speak Out Against Family Separation at US Capitol
—Jun 18 2018REV. AL SHARPTON IS JOINED BY REP. DARREN SOTO, MARC MORIAL, SHERRILYN IFILL, JANET MURGUIA, KRISTEN CLARKE, AND OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS TO CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP & AG SESSIONS TO STOP SEPARATING FAMILIES AT THE U.S. BORDER WHO: Reverend Al Sharpton, President and Founder, National Action Network Hon. Darren Soto, Chair, Civil Rights Task […]
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Statement from PONAN on Ohio Voter Suppression Supreme Court Ruling
—Jun 11 2018STATEMENT FROM REV. AL SHARPTON ON SUPREME COURT DECISION UPHOLDING OHIO’S MISGUIDED VOTER SUPPRESSION EFFORTS NEW YORK (June 11, 2018) — Rev. Al Sharpton, president and founder of National Action Network (NAN), issued the following statement following this morning’s Supreme Court decision upholding the way Ohio purges its voter rolls: “Today’s Supreme Court […]
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Rev. Sharpton “Blasts” Trump for Pardon of Muhammad Ali
—Jun 08 2018STATEMENT FROM REV. AL SHARPTON ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S GRANDSTANDING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE IS CONSIDERING POSTHUMOUSLY PARDONING BOXER MUHAMMAD ALI NEW YORK (June 8, 2018) — Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network (NAN), said today that Donald Trump’s consideration of posthumously pardoning Muhammad Ali is nothing more than grandstanding and Muhammad Ali’s conviction, which was […]
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Rev. Sharpton to speak at Oxford Union about race relations, civil rights and social justice
—May 29 2018Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network (NAN) has been invited to speak at the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom about race relations, civil rights and social justice. This will be Sharpton’s second speech at the Oxford Union, following a popular 2015 keynote. After positive student feedback from his first […]
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Statement by Rev. Sharpton on the Cancellation of Roseanne Barr’s Show ‘Roseanne’
—May 29 2018Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network released the following statement today following ABC’s cancellation of Roseanne: ABC Television has done the right thing by immediately canceling Roseanne. Whether it was Imus calling the Rutgers University Women’s basketball disparaging names, a cartoonist at the NY Post making a cartoon of President Barack Obama portraying […]
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Stacey Abrams, winner of the Georgia Democratic Primary for Governor calls into Rev. Al Sharpton’s nationally syndicated radio show “Keepin it Real” to discuss her historic win
—May 25 2018Among the topics Rev. Sharpton and Stacey Abrams discussed included health care and expanding Medicaid, the economy and budget, and access to capital for small businesses New York, NY (Thursday, May 24, 2018) – – Today on his nationally syndicated radio show “Keepin it Real,” Rev. Al Sharpton interviewed the winner of the nomination […]
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REV. AL SHARPTON & NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) CONTINUES TO CALL FOR THE LEGALIZATION & DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN THE WAKE OF PUBLISHED REPORTS REGARDING A DISPROPORTIONALITY OF ARRESTS TARGETING BLACKS AND HISPANICS IN NYC
—May 14 2018BACKGROUND Rev. Al Sharpton & NAN to be joined by NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson & other elected officials as NAN continues to call for the legalization & decriminalization of marijuana in the wake of published reports regarding a disproportionality of arrests targeting blacks and hispanics in NYC & Rev. Sharpton & NAN to […]
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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK PRESIDENT, REV. AL SHARPTON APPLAUDS GOOGLE’S DECISION TO REMOVE CASH BAIL ADS
—May 07 2018We applaud Google’s decision to remove cash bail ads. The stated purpose of cash bail is to ensure that defendants show up in court and that a dangerous person stays off the streets. But it’s all too often low-income individuals, not the dangerous or delinquent who remain behind bars when they can’t afford to purchase […]
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ON ANNIVERSARY OF MALCOLM X’S ASSASINATION STUDENT MALCOLM XAVIER COMBS TO BE JOINED BY NY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND NAN LEADERSHIP FOR RALLY AT SCHOOL
—Feb 21 2018
