NewGuy007 - I realize I risk rotten tomatoes for saying this, but I think Sharpton's and Jackson's agendas have both outlived their purposes in this society. Of course, I would not put Jackson and Sharpton on the same pedestal. Jackson has, for the most part, been a much more matured and mainstream person. But if the recent past is any indicator, the future of black American leadership is probably better reflected by people like Barack Obama, Deval Patrick (Mass. Governor) and Harold Ford than by the two Reverends IMHO.