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Man of Honor - Rev. Al Sharpton's tireless dedication to improving the rights of African-Americans is unparalleled. Since the '60s he's made an impact on our community as a prominent activist, leader and spokesperson. He will be honored at the 2012 BET Awards with the Humanitarian Award presented by State Farm for his political activism and social reform over the last five decades. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Young Prodigy - As a future American religious leader and civil rights activist, a 7-year-old Al Sharpton preaches from a pulpit at Washington Temple, Brooklyn, NY, 1961. (Photo: New York Times Co./Getty Images)

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Facing Controversy - American religious leader and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, Tawana Brawley and attorney C. Vernon Mason hold hands outside the State Supreme Court, New York, July 20, 1990. The trio, at the court to attend the so-called Central Park Jogger trial, had been involved in another high-profile rape case when, in the late 1980s, Brawley accused six men of kidnapping and rape. (Photo: New York Times Co./Getty Images)

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Million Man March - Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to the crowd while a member of the Nation of Islam stands guard at the Million Man March October 16, 1995, in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the march was to galvanize men to respect themselves and others spiritually, morally, mentally, socially, politically and economically. (Photo:  Porter Gifford/Liaison)

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Amadou Diallo Case - Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton arrive at New York City Police Department headquarters on March 26, 1999, for the daily protest against the shooting of an unarmed African immigrant, Amadou Diallo. Both Jackson and Sharpton were arrested. The four police officers involved in the shooting were indicted on charges of second degree murder.(Photo:  HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Speaking Out - The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a news conference on February 28, 2002, on the overturned conviction of three New York City police officers for obstructing justice in the Abner Louima torture case in New York City. Sharpton called the federal appeals court ruling "a shocking display of how the judicial system continues to fail to protect citizens from police abuse." (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Using His Voice - Recording artist Michael Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton participate in the Michael Jackson vs. Sony Hip Hop Summit at the National Action Network headquarters on July 8, 2002, in New York City. Jackson contends that current music industry contract conventions are unfair for recording artists. (Photo: Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)

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Taking a Stand - Rev. Al Sharpton had a special message for George W. Bush during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo:  Douglas Graham/Roll Call/Getty Images)

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Jena 6 - Rev. Al Sharpton speaks with two of the Jena 6, Robert Bailey Jr. (L) and Theo Shaw, in front of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena, Louisiana, on September 20, 2007. During the National Action Network's Vigil for the Jena 6, thousands of protesters gathered for a march on the Louisiana town of Jena in protest of the criminal trial of six Black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate. The fight was sparked between the youths after several nooses were hung from a tree at a high school.  (Photo: Matthew HINTON/AFP/Getty Images)

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Ninth Annual National Action Network Convention - Rev. Al Sharpton and then Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) confer during the Ninth Annual National Action Network Convention on April 20, 2007, in New York City.  (Photo:  Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

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Keeping the Dream Alive - President Barack Obama is greeted by Rev. Al Sharpton before speaking at the National Action Network's Keepers of Dream Awards Gala in New York on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Supporting Troy Davis - Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to a standing-room only crowd during a prayer service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, shown in the poster next to Sharpton, after a march from downtown Atlanta to the church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (Photo:  AP Photo/David Tulis)

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Searching for Jobs - Civil rights and civic leaders, rallying for jobs, lead a march to the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Oct. 15, 2011. From right, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), unidentified, Martin Luther King III, Rev. Al Sharpton and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. (Photo: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. - Rev. Al Sharpton arrives ahead of President Barack Obama speaking at the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Feeding the Hungry - Victoria Panell and Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network Feeding of the Hungry on Christmas Day and Toy Giveaway at the Annual NAN Event held at the NAN's House of Justice on December 25, 2011, in Harlem, New York City. (Photo: Terrence Jennings/Picturegroup)

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Al Sharpton: Civil Service - The parents of Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, stand with Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson as they attend a rally in Martin's honor at the Bayfront Amphitheater on April 1, 2012, in Miami. Martin was killed by George Michael Zimmerman, who was on neighborhood watch patrol in the gated community of the Retreat at Twin Lakes, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)