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Plastic bottles of Pepsi are displayed at a grocery store in New York on Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

PepsiCo agrees to meet with Al Sharpton over DEI cuts, potential boycott

Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has agreed to meet this week with civil rights advocates from the National Action Network to discuss the company’s recent decision to roll back some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
 
Plastic bottles of Pepsi are displayed at a grocery store in New York on Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Al Sharpton calls on PepsiCo to restore DEI initiatives, threatens boycott

 
Lauryn Hill performs during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack's life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder delight at Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of Life’ memorial

 
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rev. Al Sharpton meet at the governor's office in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Rachel Noerdlinger via AP)

New York’s governor meets top political leaders as she weighs removing Mayor Eric Adams from office

 
New York City mayor Eric Adams departs Manhattan federal court after an appearance, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

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Pastor of 180 Church Lorenzo Sewell, delivers a benediction after President Donald Trump was sworn in during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool photo via AP)

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Organizers with the National Action Network put up banners for a Get Out the Vote event as the prepare to depart on a bus tour toward Philadelphia in the Harlem neighborhood of New York on Friday, Sep. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)

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A musical tribute to Sybil Haydel Morial is played at Xavier University of Louisiana during a Celebration of Life, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Pallbearers carry the casket of Frank Tyson out of Hear The Word Ministries church following funeral services Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Canton, Ohio. Tyson, a 53-year-old Black man, died April 18 after he was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club while telling officers he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo)

The Rev. Al Sharpton calls for justice in eulogy for Ohio man who died last month in police custody

 
President Joe Biden speaks to the National Action Network Convention remotely from the South Court Auditorium of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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CORRECTS CITY TO NEW YORK - This image from video provided by the Office of The Governor shows New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signing a bill in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, to create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state. She is joined by, standing from left: Dr. Yohuru Williams, Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas; Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Majority Leader of the NY State Senate; Michaelle Solages, NY State Assembly Woman; Rev. Al Sharpton; Carl Heastie, Speaker of the NY State Assembly; James Sanders, NY State Senator. (Office of the Governor via AP)

New York will set up a commission to consider reparations for slavery

 
Bettersten Wade, center, watches as the body of her son, Dexter Wade, is lowered into a grave as she holds hands with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, right, in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Dexter Wade, a 37-year-old man who died after being hit by a Jackson police SUV driven by an off-duty officer, was initially buried in a paupers cemetery without any notification to his family. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Rev. Al Sharpton addresses the audience as he gives the Eulogy during the memorial service for Dollar General shooting victim Angela Carr, as Bishop Rudolph McKissick, Jr., back, and his wife Pastor Kimberly McKissick, listen during a memorial service at The Bethel Baptist Church, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Uber driver Carr was one of three people killed in the racially motivated shooting. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

As Jacksonville shooting victims are eulogized, advocates call attention to anti-Black hate crimes

 
Rev. Al Sharpton makes a point as he gives the Eulogy during the memorial service for shooting victim Angela Carr, 52, at The Bethel Baptist Church, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Uber driver Carr was one of three people killed in the racially motivated shooting. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

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President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with organizers of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. From left, Biden, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., his wife Arndrea Waters King and their daughter Yolanda King. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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A person holds an image of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as they listen to speakers during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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FILE - James Johnson, of Delray Beach, Fla., right, attends the "Restoring Honor" rally, organized by Glenn Beck, near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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New Jersey State Police officers stand near a portrait of Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver during her memorial service at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (Julian Leshay/NJ Advance Media via AP)

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