[sub]In case anyone has asked this before, a search failed to turn up conclusive results.[/sub]
Seriously. I know that he’s a valiant crusader for the rights of the oppressed, or a power-hungry publicity hound (depending on your POV, of course), but how does he put food on his plate? Does he have a church somewhere that pays him? Is he the president of some organization from which he draws a salary?
TIA
He is the founder and President of the National Action Network, at the very least. I have no idea if this is how he puts food on the table, however.
Well, he is “The Reverend Al Sharpton,” so I would assume that he’s the pastor of a church somewhere.
Heh. Googling “al sharpton salary”…
http://www.mugu.com/pipermail/upstream-list/2000-December/000971.html
“Pagones” being the prosecutor he slandered.
From August 2001.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010815/3544684s.htm
As far as I can tell, he doesn’t pastor a church anywhere.
http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=171&category=civicMakers
You can be a licensed and ordained minister–and preacher–without also pastoring a church.
Someone in NYC did a story in a local Straight Dopey-type weekly about the Rev’s Karate school. I kid you not. Apparently he’s got some financial interest in a Harlem Kung Fu parlor.
And when the reporter asked him about it during a press conference Reverend Al really perked up – seems everybody wants to hound him about his opinion on this or that civil rights issue, but no one ever asks him about his Karate school.
He is a professional guinea pig for experimental hair care products.
[Mr. Rogers]
Can you say ** Bonfire Of The Vanities? **
I knew you could.
I’ve met both Rev. & Mrs. Sharpton when they rented a townhouse through my company. His employer is the National Action Committee, and his wife is a professional singer. We went to see her at the Apollo Theatre. She is also one of the nicest people I have ever met.
Does anyone know what the heck **janx ** is talking about?
There was a very interesting article about Sharpton a few months back, I believe it was in The New Yorker. Some of the most interesting bits were about his finances, which apparently come down to this: Sharpton himself, doesn’t own anything, or very little. The car he drives and the house he lives in are in family members names. Seemed to be a REALLY great way to pull off a major tax dodge, if you ask me.
And to “Poor Mouth” :rolleyes: