Black Entertainment Corporation of America stock certificate. Handsigned by Al Sharpton as Reverend Alfred Sharpton Jr. He Signed as President of the Company. Low Number Certificate: Luck #7. Reverend Alfred Sharpton Jr. Is the famous civil rights activist, Baptist minister, talk show host, and politician. Founders Shares of 13,500,000 shares. Issued to William Howard, the Corporate Secretary and Sharpton’s partner in the business. Dated 1981, right after Sharpton served as James Brown’s tour manager. This was the company he established for his entertainment business. More info courtesy ofWikipedia. Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, talk show host and politician. Sharpton is the founder of the National Action Network. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin’ It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances on cable news television. In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, a nightly talk show. In 2015, the program was shifted to Sunday mornings. Was born in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, to Ada (née Richards) and Alfred Charles Sharpton Sr. The family has some Cherokee roots. He preached his first sermon at the age of four and toured with gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. In 1963, Sharpton’s father left his wife to have a relationship with Sharpton’s half-sister. Ada took a job as a maid, but her income was so low that the family qualified for welfare and had to move from middle class Hollis, Queens, to the public housing projects in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sharpton graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, and attended Brooklyn College, dropping out after two years in 1975. In 1972, he accepted the position of youth director for the presidential campaign of African-American Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Between the years 1973 and 1980 Sharpton served as James Brown’s tour manager.