Before the Rev. Al Sharpton, 71, became a Democratic-leaning civil rights leader, the Brooklyn native was a music industry ...
John Lewis, Julian Bond and so many other leaders of the civil rights movement are dead; at 78, Jesse Jackson clearly is not the lion he once was. But the Rev. Al Sharpton — once dismissed by some as ...
(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Rev. Al Sharpton, political activist and Baptist minister. 1964 – Is ordained as a Pentecostal minister. 1969 – Is named youth director for Operation Breadbasket, ...