"In many ways, what they consider criticism is complimenting my job," he said.

"An activist's job is to make public civil rights issues until there can be a climate for change." In 1963, Sharpton's father left his wife to have a relationship with Sharpton's half-sister.

On December 20, 1986, three African-American men were assaulted in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens by a mob of white men.

The three men were chased by their attackers onto the Belt Parkway, where one of them, Michael Griffith, was struck and killed by a passing motorist.

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He was touted as “the wonder-boy preacher” by age 7, when he toured with gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and Pentecostal minister F. That same year, Sharpton’s parents divorced, leaving the youngster and his mother impoverished and reliant on welfare.

In the late 1960s, Sharpton joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

Al Sharpton has been criticized as long as he’s been defecating on the meaning of Civil Rights.(born October 3, 1954) is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and television/radio talk show host who was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2004 U. presidential election and is best known for being the host of the MSNBC political talk show Politics Nation with Al Sharpton and the daily national talk radio program Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton.He hosted Saturday Night Live on December 6, 2003 and made a cameo on November 2, 2013 during the "Oval Office" cold opening sketch.But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. Al Sharpton is a famous American minister, talk show host, and activist, who was born on October 3, 1954.As a person born on this date, Al Sharpton is listed in our database as the 17th most popular celebrity for the day (October 3) and the 46th most popular for the year (1954).But the criticism doesn’t phase him, and morons across the United States continue to act as if he’s relevant.They turn a blind eye to the racism and lies he’s championed and embrace him as their leader.