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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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Photograph of Al Sharpton by Ellen Ozier/Reuters.