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...Sharpton, the opening speaker at the Harvard Black Law Students Association's Spring Career/Alumni Conference, spoke before an audience of 250. He stressed duty to the community above individual careers, warning the audience "of an epidemic going around the country-Negro amnesia...
...cautioned against ingratitude to those "who risked their lives for others to advance." Instead, Sharpton advocated volunteering time to programs like daycare centers to "achieve a degree of gratitude for those who paid the price...
...What will they say about this generation-the 'me' generation?" Sharpton asked. "As a clergyman, there is nothing harder than preaching the funeral of an unproductive person...
...Your life should mean something for your neighborhood, your community," Sharpton said. "We have become too self-centered and content. None of us has made any advancement...
...History will not be impressed with degrees or scholarship, but with what you share with others," Sharpton said...