Rev. Al Sharpton: Civil Service

Hate crime victim Cedric Sandiford (center) speaks at a press conference at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, January 1987. Sitting between lawyers C. Vernon Mason (left) and Alton H. Maddox Jr. at the conference organized by American religious leader and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, Sandiford spoke to reporters about the assaults in the Howard Beach neighborhood that left one man dead.

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