National Action Network

Thursday, July 18, 2013 (New York, NY)—Trayvon Martin’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin will stand with Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network for the “Justice for Trayvon” 100 city vigils this Saturday, July 20th. Sybrina Fulton and her surviving son Jahvaris Fulton will stand with Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN at One Police […]

Wednesday marks the opening day for the 15th Annual National Action Network Convention, a gathering of civil rights, religious, and LGBT rights leaders headed by…

The Reverend Al. Sharpton (pictured above left) hosted the city’s first mayoral debate at his National Action Network headquarters Tuesday evening. Five Democratic mayoral hopefuls…

  Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network has called for a boycott of  Quentin Tarantino‘s ‘Django Unchained’ action figures. Rev. K.W. Tulloss, NAN’s president in Los Angeles, the progressive, civil rights organization called for a national boycott of the slavery toys which can be purchased for $299 on Amazon.com. The new doll collection includes 8-inch action […]

Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network has been largely silent on the raging controversy surrounding Quentin Tarantino‘s ‘Django Unchained’ — until now. RELATED: Slaves For…

According to Rev Al Sharpton and  60 of America’s leading civil rights, social justice, business and community leaders we need one. The group met in DC and discussed solutions to “key” issues in the Black community. The group outlined steps to develop a public policy agenda for Black America. The communique was as follows: *Achieve Economic Parity for […]

While folks like Cicely Tyson, Phylicia Rashad, Maya Angelou, Voncile Mallory (my mother) and others are gracefully aging, we younger folks aren’t doing as well.…