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Sharpton Insists He Still Has a Role to Play

Civil rights leader not threatened by new wave of black politicians

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 2:34 PM CST

(Newser) – Is there a place for Al Sharpton in a Barack Obama world? The first black politician with a serious shot at the Oval Office hardly mentions race, whereas Sharpton is, as one historian puts it, “kind of a racial ambulance chaser.” But Sharpton... Read full story »

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