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Profile: Al Sharpton
Posted Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 7:08 PM
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Military history: None.Didn't turn 18 until 1972.
Medical history: None reported.
Parents' jobs: Father was a contractor; mother was a cleaning woman.
Net worth: Unknown.
Religion: Pentecostal.
Campaign song: "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke).
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Will Saletan covers science, technology, and politics for Slate and says a lot of things that get him in trouble.
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Photograph of Al Sharpton by Ellen Ozier/Reuters.
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