The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership Author: Al Sharpton | Language: English | ISBN:
B00AK6UV6C | Format: EPUB
The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership Description
Lord knows, Rev Al has had his personal and very public ups and downs - but he's come out bigger and better than ever. Though the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation is as fiery and outspoken as ever about the events and issues that matter most, he's learned that the only way we can get right as a nation is by getting right from within.
In this, his first book in over a decade, Rev Al will take you behind the scenes of some unexpected places – from officiating Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston’s funerals, hanging out with Jay-Z and President Barack Obama at the White House, to taking charge of the Trayvon Martin case. And he will discuss how he came to his unexpected conclusions in such areas as Immigration, Gay Rights, Religion and the Family. But the heart of the book is an intimate discussion of his own personal evolution from street activist, pulpit provocateur and civil rights leader to the man he is today - one hundred pounds slimmer, and according to the New York Observer “the most thoughtful voice on cable.” No, the Rev. Al you met ten years ago isn’t the same man you’ll meet today. And he has a simple promise. We can transform this nation and we can all lead better lives if we're willing to transform our hearts and transform our minds.
- File Size: 2685 KB
- Print Length: 273 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1936399474
- Publisher: Cash Money Content (October 8, 2013)
- Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AK6UV6C
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,337 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
For someone who, up until the spring of this year, only remember Rev Al fr his Tawana Brawley years, this book, literally blew my mind away. 100% percent. I stopped listening and watching anything that talked about him or featured him. He belonged in the category called 'Demagogue', the quintessential example. I must admit, it is more accurate to say I despised this man who wore the most godawful clothes, with the most godawful hair, said the most godawful things on TV and then, to top it all off, so atrociously obese!! He repulsed my 20-something, Filipino-American immigrant eyes. He was, I strongly felt, what's wrong with this supposedly great nation.
Fast forward in time. I am in my late 40's and end up attending a Saturday Rally of his at National Action Network in Harlem (very, very long story on how I ended up there). Imagine my shock to listen to and find a man who is nowhere even close, not even in the same galaxy, as what I had thought of him to be. Quite the opposite. His words that Saturday morning inspired, challenged and exemplified all that being a selfless servant leader is. I could tell, though I had no evidence of it at the time, this was NOT lip service. It can only be spoken from such conviction and passion, and felt by another powerfully, by someone who lives in the trenches of it.
Here, in this book, for one quite ignorant of him, hadn't followed him, don't watch him in anything whatsoever, I have the documentation on why I felt why I felt then; on how one such as he can speak, move and have the place at the table that he has. It is to the benefit of those at the table that he chooses to be there. It is a benefit to everyone that he sits at the table for all of us. YES, THIS IS A DRAMATIC TURN OF PERSPECTIVE FOR ME.
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