Now It's History

Now It's History

The rise of Trump, Sharpton and Giuliani

The end of shame

Richard Galant
Sep 24, 2025
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New York Newsday broke a blockbuster story on January 20, 1988.

Headlined “The Minister and the Feds,” the article by Bob Drury, Robert E. Kessler and Mike McAlary reported that the Rev. Al Sharpton Jr., “one of the city’s most vocal and visible black activists, has been secretly supplying federal law-enforcement agencies with information on boxing prom…

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