Al failed to give a shout out to his peeps on the front lines in Ferguson.
Via The State
The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a rousing call Friday to dream the dream of activism to a young generation of African-Americans he said has given up even trying.
“It was bad enough when we were held back,” Sharpton told a crowd of some 650 Benedict College graduates at a homecoming banquet at the Doubletree Hilton at Bush River Road and I-20. “It’s worse when we have adjusted to it.”
Sharpton’s 30-minute keynote speech hit on civil rights themes of self-reliance, restiveness and inclusiveness. He did not call out any South Carolina officials but noted the pattern of voter ID laws that he said became a fabricated issue only after the election of President Obama.