Sharpton, Alfred Charles Jr.

US clergyman and black activist

ordained Pentecostal minister 1964

youth director of Operation Breadbasket 1969-1971

founder and president of National Youth Movement 1971-1986

founder and president of National Action Network, Inc. 1991--

candidate for Democratic nomination to Senate from New York 1992, 1994

co-wrote autobiography "Go and Tell Pharaoh" 1996

candidate for Democratic nomination for New York City mayor 1997

fined 1998 for defaming prosecutor falsely accused by Tawana Brawley in 1987 rape hoax

candidate for Democratic presidential nomination 2004