Background
Sharpton, Al was born on October 3, 1954 in Brooklyn. Son of Alfred Charles and Ada Sharpton.
minister Political activist radio talk show host
Sharpton, Al was born on October 3, 1954 in Brooklyn. Son of Alfred Charles and Ada Sharpton.
Student, Bklyn.Coll.
Youth director Operation BreadBasket, 1969. Founder National Youth Movement, 1971. Road manager James Brown concert tours, 1973—1980.
Founder, president, Chief Executive Officer National Action Network, Inc., Brooklyn, since 1991. Director ministers division National Rainbow Push Coalition, 1994—1998. Host daily national talk radio program Keepin It Real with Al Sharpton, since 2006.
Candidate New York State Senate, 1978, United States Senate, 1988, 92, 94, New York City mayor, 1997, President, 2004.
Married Kathy Lee Jordan, October 31, 1980 (separated 2004). Children: Dominique, Ashley.