Alfred Sharpton, Sr.

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Alfred Sharpton, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wabasso, Indian River County, Florida, United States
Death: September 20, 2024 (96)
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Coleman Sharpton and Mamie Hines
Ex-husband of Private
Father of Al Sharpton
Brother of Oneadia Sharpton; Remather Sharpton; Private; Private; Private and 5 others

Managed by: Tommaso Valarani
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About Alfred Sharpton, Sr.

Rev. Al Sharpton’s father dead at 93: ‘Our relationship was complicated’
The father of Rev. Al Sharpton has died, the MSNBC host announced Saturday. He was 93.

“I’m deeply saddened to announce the passing of my father, Al Sharpton, Sr. Our relationship was complicated, but he was still my father,” the civil rights activist, 69, said in a statement...
(Source: New York Post, cited by MSN - link to full article accessed September 22, 2024).


Mentioned in Wikipedia article of son Al Sharpton - link to full article accessed September 22, 2024

Sharpton, Thurmond linked by slavery
By Reuters
August 9, 2007 5:10 PM EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prominent black activist Al Sharpton has learned he is descended from a slave who was owned by ancestors of the one-time segregationist U.S. senator, the late Strom Thurmond, the Daily News reported on Sunday...
(Source: Reuters - link to full article accessed September 22, 2024).

Sources

  • Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. < link > Accessed 22 September 2024.
  • Reitwiesner, William Addams. "Ancestry of Rev. Al Sharpton." William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services. < link > Accessed 22 September 2024.
  • Sharpton, Rev. Al. Go and Tell Pharaoh: The Autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton, p. 15. New York: Doubleday, 1996.
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Alfred Sharpton, Sr.'s Timeline

1928
January 14, 1928
Wabasso, Indian River County, Florida, United States
1954
October 3, 1954
2024
September 20, 2024
Age 96
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States