Tag: Rev. Al Sharpton
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Harlem Rev Snubs de Klerk
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Thursday, April 28, 1994 SOWETO—The preacher from Harlem paid no mind when the president from Pretoria made a surprise visit to a church here yesterday. While dozens of people, including some of his fellow American preachers, crowded around South African President F. W.…
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NEW CHALLENGES FOR A NEW NATION: Sharpton Sees Lesson in South Africa Voting
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, May 1, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—After a whirlwind, emotional visit, the Rev. Al Sharpton flew home to New York yesterday with stars in his eyes. “If only I could bring home in a bottle the hope and spirit I saw here, it would change…
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‘AMADOU’S ARMY’ HAS NEW RECRUIT IN WINNIE MANDELA By MICHAEL O. ALLEN SUNDAY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, December 19, 1999 The Rev. Al Sharpton’s efforts to recruit people for “Amadou’s Army” – a group of New Yorkers who will go to Albany for the Amadou Diallo murder trial – got an unexpected boost yesterday from Winnie Mandela. Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist and former wife of Nelson Mandela, arrived at…
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Volpe’s Return Spurs Angry Blast
Sunday, September 7, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Lawyers for alleged police torture victim Abner Louima yesterday criticized city officials for allowing the central suspect in the 70th Precinct scandal to return to police duty. Officer Justin Volpe, accused of sodomizing Louima with a stick, will return to modified duty this…
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Don’t Sell Cops Short, Says Rudy
Sunday, August 31, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers A day after thousands protesting police brutality marched on City Hall, Mayor Giuliani yesterday sought to refocus attention on cops’ accomplishments while his chief rival took the day off. Eleven days before the Democratic primary, front-runner Ruth Messinger spent the…
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Plungers Waved In Angry March
Sunday, August 17, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, CAROLINA GONZALEZ and PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers Brandishing toilet plungers and chanting “KKK must go!” thousands of angry protesters yesterday descended on Brooklyn’s 70th Precinct, where two cops have been charged with torturing a Haitian immigrant. Pressed tightly against a line of cops standing behind…
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Whining Is Waste, Crew Sez to Union By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and DAVE SALTONSTALL, Daily News Staff Writers
Sunday, May 18, 1997 Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew yesterday told city teachers to raise the academic performance of their schools and “to do this within the context of not blaming people.” “Who has time to blame anyone?” Crew asked in a speech to more than 2,000 members of the city’s United Federation of Teachers, gathered…