In this execlusive report by NewsOne, correspondent Stacy Samuel looks into Al Sharpton’s movement from firebrand to a elder statesman in the civil rights movement, and the televised conversation with Cornel West. Sharpton says during the interview “A lot of Blacks in the intellectual circles have a problem with me because of class issues,” Sharpton continues on saying “I was a college dropout with a James Brown hairdo. ‘He cant talk for us!’ I mean all of the arrogance! They want to speak about the proletariat but don’t want a proletarian leader!”
