*In the event you missed it when it aired final week, the Rev. Al Sharpton bought greater than public recognition at theGrio’s second annual Grio Awards. as a years-long beef with media mogul Byron Allen is now prior to now.
The civil rights icon acquired the 2023 Justice Icon Award on the occasion, by way of the nationally televised “Byron Allen Presents theGrio Awards” on CBS. The award honored Sharpton’s 5 a long time of activism in advancing civil rights and social justice (watch by way of the video above).
Taking to social media, Sharpton voiced his appreciation for the popularity.
“Really humbled to obtain the 2023 Justice Icon Award at The 2nd Annual Grio Awards,” the “PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton” host expressed in a tweet on X (previously generally known as Twitter.” A heartfelt thanks to Byron Allen, @theGrio, John Legend, Spike Lee, Nick Cannon, and everybody who believes within the energy of justice. Thanks to any and everybody who ever believed in me.”
Really humbled to obtain the 2023 Justice Icon Award at The 2nd Annual Grio Awards.
A heartfelt thanks to Byron Allen, @theGrio, John Legend, Spike Lee, Nick Cannon, and everybody who believes within the energy of justice. Thanks to any and everybody who ever believed in me. pic.twitter.com/avo2ADq5Nu
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) November 26, 2023
As famous in his tweet, Allen was among the many folks Sharpton thanked for his Justice Award.
The transfer marks a distinction to how issues had been between the 2, who had been on opposing sides way back to 2015.
Throughout that 12 months, Allen’s $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit was reopened by a federal decide.
The go well with, filed by Allen’s Leisure Studios Networks, Inc. and the Nationwide Affiliation of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM) in opposition to Sharpton’s Nationwide Motion Community (NAN), Comcast and Time Warner Cable, centered on allegations that the defendants blocked equal entry for Black-owned networks, based on a Moguldum report.
Claims on the middle of Allen’s lawsuit embody:
– NAN, Comcast and Time Warner Cable working collectively to create an phantasm of variety whereas conserving 100% Black-owned networks out of the media panorama.
– Funds being made to civil rights teams, reminiscent of Sharpton’s, to assist Comcast’s acquisition of NBC-Common whereas refusing to work with African-American-owned media firms.
NAN is a not-for-profit civil rights group based by Sharpton in New York Metropolis in early 1991. Because the years handed, Allen’s lawsuit in opposition to NAN, Comcast and Time Warner Cable transitioned right into a one-on-one battle between Allen and Comcast. In 2020, Comcast opted to settle the $10 billion motion Allen had taken, Moguldom talked about.
In consequence, the inspiration was laid for a decision between Sharpton and Allen, who owns theGrio.
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