AKA Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr.

Born: 3-Oct-1954
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Protestant
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist, Religion

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Minister, Presidential hopeful

Father: Alfred Charles Sharpton, Sr. (landlord, left family in 1964)
Mother: Ada (cleaning woman)
Sister: Cheryl
Sister: Ernestine ("Tina", half sister, gave birth to child with Al Sr.)
Wife: Kathy Jordan (singer, m. 31-Oct-1980, two daughters, separated 2004)
Daughter: Dominique
Daughter: Ashley

    High School: Tilden High School, Brooklyn, NY (1972)
    University: Brooklyn College (dropped out)

    Hunger Strike 2001
    Fraud 1989 (acquitted)
    Larceny 1989 (acquitted)
    Tax Evasion 1989, acquitted
    Defamation Jul-1998 (verdict against)
    Trespassing 2001
    Risk Factors: Obesity

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) Himself
    Mr. Deeds (28-Jun-2002)
    Bamboozled (18-Sep-2000) Himself
    The Last Party (27-Aug-1993) Himself
    Malcolm X (18-Nov-1992)

Author of books:
Go & Tell the Pharaoh: The Autobiography of Reverend Al Sharpton (1996, memoir, with Anthony Walton)

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