Here is a look at the life of Rev. Al Sharpton, political activist and Baptist minister. Personal Birth date: October 3, 1954 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr.

The leader of the National Action Network was given a 10-day deadline to publicly apologize, retract, delete alleged defamatory statements.

The thousands who rallied at the Lincoln Memorial last month to launch a vital mobilisation to defend American voting rights modelled Martin Luther King Jnr’s aspiration for America. They have agency ...

Biden to deliver virtual keynote speech at Al Sharpton's annual racial justice conference President Joe Biden is expected to give a live virtual keynote address to the Rev. Al Sharpton's racial ...

Sixty-three years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech, young Black voters are marching on Washington again.

The Latest: Iran war reaches its six-month mark as Trump shifts focus - President Donald Trump has reached an awkward moment in his second term as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran began six months ago ...

1:43 PM -- Al Sharpton tells TMZ ... "I welcome the lawsuit and will have my attorneys be in touch with theirs to arrange for them to serve me so we can get in court." Sharpton says ... "I convened a ...

Watch live as national civil rights groups, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, commemorate the historic March on Washington with a call to defend voting ...

In this special anniversary episode, Reverend Al Sharpton reflects on 15 years of PoliticsNation, covering three presidents, four administrations, two impeachments, a global pandemic, a nationwide ...

The Rev. Al Sharpton is in the crosshairs of Nolan Wells’ friends, who say they are taking legal action against one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights activists. Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo, ...

(CNN) — The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has spoken publicly about the death of Nolan Wells and invited critics to “sue me first,” says he won’t apologize or retract comments surrounding the young man’s ...