“The most thoughtful voice on cable” (New York Observer), Reverend  Al Sharpton has more than 40 years’ experience as a dynamic community leader, lightning rod Baptist minister, firebrand politician, and “a relentless protestor” (The New York Times Book Review) for those he champions.  He has served as Director of Ministers for National Rainbow Push coalition and founded his own progressive civil rights organization, the National Action Network, which has chapters across the country.  He is the host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation,and his radio show, Keepin’ It Real, is syndicated nationwide.  The Rejected Stone, his first book in more than a decade, charts the surprising people and places that have molded Reverend Sharpton’s unexpected conclusions about religion, immigration, gay rights, and the family.

In conversation with Tracey Matisak