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Al Sharpton

I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway

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Al Sharpton describes how his mother worked hard cleaning floors and took public transportation in Brooklyn to provide for him. Despite her tough job, she used their daily subway walks as moments to teach him important lessons.

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