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NEWS ABOUT: Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton stories: 46 news summaries

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50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

Huge crowds arrive in tiny town to protest trial of black students

Sep 20, 07 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Busload after busload of civil rights marchers alighted in Jena, La., today to support the “Jena Six,” a group of black students charged with felonies after a 2006 fight with a white classmate. An estimated 50,000 mostly-black protesters easily outnumbered the mostly-white population of the town, where... More »

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race • Jesse Jackson • Al Sharpton • Louisiana • race relations • protests • civil rights • Jena Six

Jena Braces
for Thousands
of Protesters

Locals resent activists, fear violence; tiny LA town will shut down

Sep 20, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tiny Jena, LA, is bracing for the tens of thousands of activists expected to descend on the town of 3,000 today to protest the handling of six black high school students charged with attempted murder for beating a white classmate in December. Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, protesters... More »

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race • Al Sharpton • Louisiana • race relations • protests • racism • segregation • Jena Six

Imus Gets
$20M, Maybe a Comeback

DJ settles with
network after getting hose for 'hos'

Aug 14, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shock Jock Don Imus may be returning to the airwaves, after a short vacation precipitated by a bit too much shock. Imus is reportedly in talks with WABC in what looks like a an embryonic attempt to launch a comeback, only four months after CBS fired him for calling the... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • WABC

CBS Pulls the Plug on Imus

After a week of rants and apologies, it all finally hits the WFAN

Apr 12, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - CBS  has fired Don Imus, in a surprise move a week after the jockey called the Rutgers womens' basketball team "nappy headed hos," provoking a war of words over race in America. CBS Prez Les Moonves finally announced the decision today, citing the feelings of "young women... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • MSNBC • racism

Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five days after characterizing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's," renegade radio personality  Don Imus received a two-week suspension from NBC News and CBS Radio, along with a mandate that he must change the tone of his show, the Times reported. Imus made a contrite appearance... More »

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media • radio • NBC • CBS • Jesse Jackson • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • women's college basketball

Imus, Sharpton Square Off

After "stupid" remarks from former and ire from latter, hosts
to meet on-air

Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) -  Two of the loudest personalities on the FM dial will publicly brawl today when right-leaning mock jock Don Imus visits Al Sharpton’s syndicated show, days after characterizing the black-leaning Rutgers basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” The always-vociferous Sharpton wants Imus fired, and Imus—no shrinking violet... More »

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sports • media • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers

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