The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to
symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the
United States Through the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the
Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an
opportunist, a demagogue, a race traitor, and an anti-Semite.
Today, Sharpton occupies a throne that would have shocked the white
newspaper reporters who covered him forty years ago. A mesmerizing
story of astounding transformation, craftiness, and survival, King
Al follows Reverend Sharpton's life trajectory, from his early life
as a boy preacher to his present moment as the most popular Black
American activist/minister/cable news host. In the 1980s, Rev. Al
created controversies that would have doomed a lesser man to the
dustbin of history. Among these controversies were his work with
the FBI as the agency attempted to locate Black Liberation Army
leader Assata Shakur; and his involvement in the 1987 Tawana
Brawley episode. Regarding the Brawley matter, a white prosecutor
sued Sharpton, successfully, for falsely accusing him of having
raped the then-fifteen-year-old Brawley. It was the white press, in
its glory days, that created the podium from which Sharpton became
both famous and infamous. Those reporters would joke that the most
dangerous place in New York was between Al Sharpton and a
television camera. But it was those reporters who made Sharpton the
media figure he is today. Today, as host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation
news program, Sharpton has more news viewers than those reporters
ever had readers. The Reverend Al's rise to respectability is a
testament to an endurance and boldness steeped in Black American
history. Born in Brooklyn to parents from the old slave-holding
South, he transformed himself into one of the most respected and
politically influential Blacks in the United States. In his
in-depth coverage, author Ron Howell tells the stories of
Sharpton's ascendance to the throne. He tells us about the glory
years of American newspapers, when Sharpton began his rise. And he
tells us about the politicians who intersected with Sharpton as he
climbed the ladder. King Al is an engaging read about the
late-twentieth-century history of New York City politics and race
relations, as well as about the remarkable staying power of the
colorful, politically skillful, and enigmatic Sharpton.
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