National Action Network
After bonding with GRIFF over the close proximity of their birthdays, Reverend Al Sharpton talked with him and Maurette Brown-Clark about the National Action Network’s 2016 Triumph awards. The show honors and highlights people and organizations that have used their positions and platform to fight the good fight for civil and human rights! He explains […]
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