King Al: How Sharpton Took The Throne, Hardcover - Ron Howell

He tells us about the glory years of American newspapers, when Sharpton began his rise. Born in Brooklyn to parents from the old slave-holding South, he transformed himself into one of the most respected and politically influential Blacks in the United States. The Reverend Al's rise to respectability is a testament to an endurance and boldness steeped in Black American history. In the 1980s, Rev. Today, as host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation news program, Sharpton has more news viewers than those reporters ever had readers. But it was those reporters who made Sharpton the media figure he is today. Today, Sharpton occupies a throne that would have shocked the white newspaper reporters who covered him forty years ago. Those reporters would joke that the most dangerous place in New York was between Al Sharpton and a television camera. King Al is an engaging read about the late-twentieth-century history of New York City politics and race relations, as well as about the remarkable staying power of the colorful, politically skillful, and enigmatic Sharpton.About author(s):Ron Howell is an Associate Professor at Brooklyn College, a journalist, and the author of Boss of Black Brooklyn: The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker and One Hundred Jobs: A Panorama of Work in the American City. The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the United States Through the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an opportunist, a demagogue, a race traitor, and an anti-Semite. A mesmerizing story of astounding transformation, craftiness, and survival, King Al follows Reverend Sharpton's life trajectory, from his early life as a boy preacher to his present moment as the most popular Black American activist/minister/cable news host. Regarding the Brawley matter, a white prosecutor sued Sharpton, successfully, for falsely accusing him of having raped the then-fifteen-year-old Brawley. Al created controversies that would have doomed a lesser man to the dustbin of history. And he tells us about the politicians who intersected with Sharpton as he climbed the ladder. He has written thousands of articles over many decades for numerous journals, books, magazines, and newspapers. Among these controversies were his work with the FBI as the agency attempted to locate Black Liberation Army leader Assata Shakur; and his involvement in the 1987 Tawana Brawley episode. In his in-depth coverage, author Ron Howell tells the stories of Sharpton's ascendance to the throne. It was the white press, in its glory days, that created the podium from which Sharpton became both famous and infamous.

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King Al: How Sharpton Took The Throne, Hardcover - Ron Howell