Al Sharpton
Sign in to saveAmerican Baptist minister, activist and talk show host
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1954-10-03
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Now What?
- Righteous Troublemakers
- Rise Up : Confronting a Country at the Crossroads
- Rise up Signed Edition
- Rise Up
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, television/radio talk show host and a former White House adviser for President Barack Obama. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin' It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances cable news…
Known for
- Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid — Self2024
- Atrocity Inc. — Self - Civil Rights Activist2024
- "Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary) — Self2024
- James Brown: Say It Loud — Self2024
- When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story — Self2023
- South to Black Power — Self2023
- Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World — Self2023
- Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL — Self (archive footage)2022
- Rudy! A Documusical — Self2022
- The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM — Self (archive footage)2022
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 65
- Total plays
- 115
Al Sharpton was born into a prosperous family in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a boxer and landlord. Until the age of ten, Al Jr. lived a comfortable life in Queens. He preached his first sermon at the age of four, and soon became famous in Brooklyn as the "wonderboy preacher," even touring with gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. He was licensed and ordained a Minister at age 10 by Bishop F.D. Washington in 1964. He graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn C
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 13,711x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
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Key dates
- Born
- 3 October 1954
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Image
- Al Sharpton (23859159053).jpg
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