NEW YORK - OCTOBER 24: Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at an award ceremony honoring Joe Jackson, right, at the National Action Network headquarters on October 24, 2009 in New York City. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 24: Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at an award ceremony honoring Joe Jackson, right, at the National Action Network headquarters on October 24, 2009 in New York City.

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  1. Joe Jackson (L), father of the late Michael Jackson, and an unidentified guest arrive. at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009.
  2. Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson arrives at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009.
  3. Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson speaks to media after leaving a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson Friday Oct. 2, 2009 in Los Angeles. A judge has increased the powers of two men currently administering Michael Jackson's estate in part because of the singer's substantial debts, according to a report Friday.
  4. Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson smiles after leaving a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson Friday Oct. 2, 2009 in Los Angeles. A judge has increased the powers of two men currently administering Michael Jackson's estate in part because of the singer's substantial debts, according to a report Friday.
  5. Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, arrives at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009.
  6. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 24: Joe Jackson receives an award at the National Action Network headquarters on October 24, 2009 in New York City.
  7. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 24: Joe Jackson receives an award at the National Action Network headquarters on October 24, 2009 in New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 24: Joe Jackson receives an award at the National Action Network headquarters on October 24, 2009 in New York City.
  9. Rev. Al Sharpton, center left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, center right, leave a fourth grade class at Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Sharpton, Gingrich , and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited schools in Philadelphia as part of their "listening and learning" tour to find out what school strategies are working and why.
  10. Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich are seen at Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Sharpton, Gingrich , and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited schools in Philadelphia as part of their "listening and learning" tour to find out what school strategies are working and why.
  11. Reverend Al Sharpton arrives at the "Get Schooled" conference and premiere hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.
  12. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: People listen to testimonials from the families of shooting victims at a conference and candlelight vigil as part of a National Day of Outrage in New York and other major U.S. cities on November 23, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Following a number of violent shootings in the Bronx, the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network called for a day where attention is drawn to gun violence, which they say is now at epidemic levels in major cities across America. Walters was shot and killed last year while attending a party in the Bronx.
  13. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: A woman cries as she listens to testimonials from the families of shooting victims at a conference and candlelight vigil as part of a National Day of Outrage in New York and other major U.S. cities on November 23, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Following a number of violent shootings in the Bronx, the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network called for a day where attention is drawn to gun violence, which they say is now at epidemic levels in major cities across America. Walters was shot and killed last year while attending a party in the Bronx.
  14. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: People listen to testimonials from the families of shooting victims at a conference and candlelight vigil as part of a National Day of Outrage in New York and other major U.S. cities on November 23, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Following a number of violent shootings in the Bronx, the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network called for a day where attention is drawn to gun violence, which they say is now at epidemic levels in major cities across America. Walters was shot and killed last year while attending a party in the Bronx.
  15. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Students hold up the names of recent gunshot victims who were shot in the last two years in the Bronx at a conference and candlelight vigil as part of a National Day of Outrage in New York and other major U.S. cities on November 23, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Following a number of violent shootings in the Bronx, the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network called for a day where attention is drawn to gun violence, which they say is now at epidemic levels in major cities across America. Walters was shot and killed last year while attending a party in the Bronx.
  16. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: A New York City police officer stands under a mural at a court house showing a 17th century court proceeding at a conference and candlelight vigil as part of a National Day of Outrage in New York and other major U.S. cities on November 23, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Following a number of violent shootings in the Bronx, the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network called for a day where attention is drawn to gun violence, which they say is now at epidemic levels in major cities across America. Walters was shot and killed last year while attending a party in the Bronx.

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