Rev. Al Sharpton and recording artist Albert “Al B. Sure!” Brown don’t seem like the most likely partners in the fight for civil rights. While Sharpton, head of the National Action Network, is known ...
The Rev. Al Sharpton is set to deliver the eulogy for Steven Jones, whose death has sparked unrest and renewed calls for police accountability after Jones was shot by a Hartford police officer while ...
The somber mood in The First Cathedral in Bloomfield on Thursday was overcast by chants and demands for reform as the community lay to rest 55-year-old Steven Jones, who was shot and killed by a ...
The Rev. Al Sharpton is president of the National Action Network. In about five years, half the population of the United States will be living with obesity. This isn’t alarmist rhetoric. It’s the ...
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with the Rev. Al Sharpton about his time with the family of Irvo Otieno, the 28-year-old man who died in police custody... Sharpton's eulogy for Irvo Otieno calls for change ...
Sharpton said he believes Hartford leadership needs to conduct a “thorough retake” of how police are trained to handle mental health calls. “Families cannot be the ones responsible,” Sharpton said.