Civil Rights Work Remains, Sharpton Tells Convention

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DAYTON, Ohio - The activism that brought progress to blacks in the 1960s remains vital today, as seen by the recent tussle over the Voting Rights Act, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Monday at the national convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Activists' pressure led to last week's renewal of the 1965 law that opened polls to millions of blacks by barring racist voting practices, the Rev. Sharpton said. "Many are acting like the struggle is yesterday. Don't act like there are not civil rights issues today," he said. "We come to re-up, so we can stay on the battlefields and keep doing in the 21st century what was done in the 20th century."

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Civil Rights Work Remains, Sharpton Tells Convention

The Rev. Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and SCLC President Charles S...

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