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...cannot take your eyes off the prize," was the recurrent message of a speech given by the Reverend Al Sharpton yesterday to an audience of about 110 students gathered in Emerson Hall...
...this month, as we commemorate Black history, the challenge is not that we review the past," said Sharpton, "but that we deal with the present and future...
...Sharpton said he found it "disturbing" that the current generation of African-American students "are not following the struggle of the generation before them. In recent years, we've gone from [Martin Luther] King and Malcolm [X.] to Snoop Doggy Dogg...
...Sharpton's political career began in 1971 whenhe formed the National Youth Movement with themission of fighting drugs in Black neighborhoods.He has said the group has 13,000 members, thoughin 1991 he has a file of about 500 "actives"available on short notice for protests...
...Sharpton is also well-connected with otherBlack leaders. For instance, the Rev. JesseJackson attended Sharpton's baptism into theBaptist church last month