He is one of America 's foremost leaders for civil rights battles against economic injustices, political inequity and corporate racism. For more than two decades he has played a major role in virtually every significant move for civil liberty, community empowerment and economic equality.  Rev. Jesse Jackson said: "When an injustice has occurred, the victims don't look for the public official with the most credentials, or the preacher with the largest church. They just call Rev. Al and they know that he'll do something about it."

As founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), Rev. Sharpton heads an organization that fights for progressive, people-based social policies by providing extensive voter education and registration campaigns, economic support for small community businesses and confronting corporate racism. Recently, he signed a contract with Matrix Media, Inc., to produce and host a live daily talk program for the EBN Radio Network in 2005.