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Black America Doesn't Lack Leaders: Poll Shows 24 Percent Say Sharpton Speaks For Them

Which Leaders Speak For Black America?
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Editor, Black Voices

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10: Rev. Jesse Jackson (L) and Rev. Al Sharpton (R) speak to the media after attending oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court Supreme, on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today the high court heard oral arguments on Fisher V. University of Texas at Austin, and are tasked with ruling on whether the university's consideration of race in admissions is constitutional. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10: Rev. Jesse Jackson (L) and Rev. Al Sharpton (R) speak to the media after attending oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court Supreme, on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today the high court heard oral arguments on Fisher V. University of Texas at Austin, and are tasked with ruling on whether the university's consideration of race in admissions is constitutional. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

There is one optimistic and one despairing way to spin the Zogby analytics poll commissioned by BET founder and mega-businessman Robert L. Johnson on leadership among black Americans.

The poll found that the leader garnering the highest percentage of responses was “none of the leaders listed spoke for them.” Coming in at a very significant second was Rev. Al Sharpton. One out of four blacks said he’s their voice.

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