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Al Sharpton

Al SharptonAKA Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr.

Born: 3-Oct-1954
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Protestant
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist, Religion

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Minister, Presidential hopeful

Father: Alfred Charles Sharpton, Sr. (landlord, left family in 1964)
Mother: Ada (cleaning woman, d. 22-Mar-2012 Alzheimer's)
Sister: Cheryl
Sister: Ernestine ("Tina", half sister, gave birth to child with Al Sr.)
Wife: Kathy Jordan (singer, m. 31-Oct-1980, two daughters, separated 2004)
Daughter: Dominique
Daughter: Ashley

    High School: Tilden High School, Brooklyn, NY (1972)
    University: Brooklyn College (dropped out)

    Hunger Strike 2001
    Fraud 1989 (acquitted)
    Larceny 1989 (acquitted)
    Tax Evasion 1989 (acquitted)
    Defamation Jul-1998 (verdict against)
    Trespassing 2001
    Funeral: Michael Jackson (2009)
    Risk Factors: Obesity

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (21-Apr-2012) · Himself
    Madea Goes to Jail (16-Feb-2009) · Himself
    Good Hair (18-Jan-2009) · Himself
    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (16-Aug-2006) · Himself
    The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (17-Aug-2005) · Himself
    Street Fight (23-Apr-2005) · Himself
    Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) · Himself
    Mr. Deeds (28-Jun-2002) · Himself
    Bamboozled (18-Sep-2000) · Himself
    The Last Party (27-Aug-1993) · Himself
    Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (12-Feb-1993) · Himself
    Malcolm X (18-Nov-1992) · Speaker #2

Author of books:
Go & Tell the Pharaoh: The Autobiography of Reverend Al Sharpton (1996, memoir)


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