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** FILE ** The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

Rev. Al Sharpton is a former paid FBI informant: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sharpton, NYC police discuss profiling of shoppers

By JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

From left, participants including Lucia McBath, mother of Jordan Davis, Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, Rev. Al Sharpton, president of National Action Network, and Phyllis Giles, mother of Michael Giles, march to the Florida Capitol Monday, March 10, 2014, in Tallahassee, Fla. Participants were rallying against the state's "Stand Your Ground" laws. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Al Sharpton, Trayvon Martin’s parents rally against Fla. ‘stand your ground’ law

By Kareem Copeland - Associated Press

Hundreds of marchers waive their signs as they walk to the Florida Capitol Monday, March 10, 2014, for a rally in Tallahassee, Fla. Participants were rallying against the state's &quot;Stand Your Ground&quot; laws. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Sharpton leads march over ‘stand your ground’ law

By KAREEM COPELAND - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks at Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, about a $300 billion transportation infrastructure plan. Obama spoke at Union Depot rail and bus station with a proposal asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways, and about a competition to encourage investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President’s Year of Action. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama outlines creation of rare black-focused program

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

NYC mayor angry at lawmakers for tabling pre-K

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

The Rev. Al Sharpton delivers a eulogy at the First Corinthian Baptist Church for New York City child Myls Dobson who died after being tortured and starved, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Sharpton says someone should be &quot;held accountable&quot; for the death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sharpton eulogizes NYC boy, 4, found tortured

By JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

NYC first lady appoints chief of staff

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** FILE ** The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

HARPER: ‘Knockout game’ not a myth to liberal Sharpton

By Christopher Harper

** FILE ** The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

‘Insane thuggery’: Al Sharpton denounces ‘knockout’ attacks

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

Al Sharpton threatens Barneys boycott over racial profiling allegations

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Miriam Carey

TYRRELL: The price of threatening the powerful

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

** FILE ** Rev. Al Sharpton waves to at the National Action Network's 11th annual convention in New York, April 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Al Sharpton attacked by black clergy for putting fame before needs of Harlem

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Associated Press)

Al Sharpton puts Apple in crosshairs, decrying all-white board

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama is embraced by the Rev. Al Sharpton after Mr. Obama spoke about immigration reform on Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Al Sharpton: Obama ‘is the new Kennedy because of Dr. King’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Dorothy Meekins holds up the national flag with the picture of President Barack Obama as she attends the rally, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Organizers have planned for about 100,000 people to participate in the event, which is the precursor to the actual anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, march. It will be led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and King's son Martin Luther King III. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

March on Washington commemoration draws thousands to National Mall

By Meredith Somers and Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Rev. Jesse Jackson (Associated Press)

Jesse Jackson on white boy bus beating: ‘It’s hard to make a comparison’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Rep. Allen B. West (Associated Press)

Allen West on white boy’s bus beating: Where’s Jesse Jackson?

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Rev. Al Sharpton (center), accompanied by La Raza President Janet Murguia (right), National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial (left) and others, speaks during a news conference outside the West Wing of the White House on July 29, 2013, about the Voting Rights Act, after a meeting with President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. (Associated Press)

Obama vows fight on voting rights

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times