Topic - National Action Network

The National Action Network is a not-for-profit, civil rights organization founded by the Reverend Al Sharpton in New York City, New York, in early 1991. - Source: Wikipedia

Related Stories

President Joe Biden, left, and the Rev. Al Sharpton attend a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 28, 2023. Organizers of Sharpton's annual National Action Network Convention announced Thursday, April 11, 2024, that Biden will give a live virtual keynote address to a racial justice conference in New York City on Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden to Black voters: ‘We’ve kept our promises’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the National Action Network convention in New York, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kamala Harris targets NRA convention in speech lamenting attacks on democracy

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

WNBA Phoenix Mercury basketball player Brittney Griner, right, sits next to her wife, Cherelle Griner, during the first inning of a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

WNBA’s Brittney Griner makes appearance at Rev. Al Sharpton event

By Aaron Morrison - Associated Press

Biden team rhetoric helps our enemies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks to reporters during a news conference, Monday, March 1, 2021, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Biden U.N. ambassador blasts U.S., rips ‘White supremacy’ within ‘founding documents and principles’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Booker aide tapped for cannabis panel after NAACP pressure

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2017, file photo, is a building that houses offices of Uber, in San Francisco. A former Uber executive was charged Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in federal court on allegations that he arranged $100,000 in a hush-money payment to hackers who stole the personal data of about 57 million of the ride-hailing service's users and drivers and then sought to cover up the massive 2016 breach, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Uber encourages riders to join D.C. protests

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 9, 2020 file photo, the Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the funeral for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. A national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the District of Columbia. This comes amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans. Although many marchers will arrive via charter buses from surrounding communities on Aug. 28, the Rev. Al Sharpton will ask others to join satellite marches in states that are considered hot spots for COVID-19. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)

March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules

By AARON MORRISON and ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Harlem march highlights gun violence against minorities

Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California shares the stage with Rev. Al Shaprton at National Action Network’s Legislative & Policy Conference, Nov. 14, 018. (Image: C-SPAN video screenshot) ** FILE **

Al Sharpton’s nonprofit pays $531K for life-story rights as he prepares to step down

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Rev. Charles Williams II, president of the Michigan chapter of the National Action Network, speaks to reporters outside Ford Field, home of the NFL's Detroit Lions, Friday, May 25, 2018, in Detroit. Williams, who was joined at the news conference by other Michigan NAN members, is calling on the Lions to reject the league's new policy aimed at addressing the issue of national anthem protests. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Detroit activists call on Lions to reject NFL anthem policy

Associated Press

New York Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, second from right, with the help of Kirsten John Foy, second from left, Northeast Regional Director of the National Action Network, holds a jersey with Colin Kaepernick's name on the back, during a rally of civil rights activists outside of the NFL’s headquarters, Friday, May 25, 2018, in New York. About 50 people gathered to protest the NFL’s new policy aimed at ending player protests during the playing of the national anthem in stadiums before games. Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, started the movement of taking a knee during the anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality two seasons ago. (AP Photo/Ralph Russo)

Civils rights activists rally outside of NFL headquarters

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press