Al Sharpton: Aretha Franklin ‘Was the Soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement’

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SHARPTON: "We don’t all agree on everything, but we agree on Aretha. And she fought, she fought for everybody. I remember when we were used to picket Charles Williams and all of us jumping on the record industry, she said, y’all leave Clive Davis alone, he’s one of the good ones. She loved Clive. And said, we have to remember what happened to the Irish and what happened to Jews and what happened to blacks. And that is why we remember her legacy, because she sang a song for all of us. She was the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. If you track where we are, you can follow where Aretha had us."