First let me state that I have "no" political ambitions whatsoever.

All three of my Guinness Book World Records were achieved in Harlem, New York because of its reputation as the capitol of African America. Due to this commitment, it is extremely important to me that people (minorities and others) understand my position regarding community and  political activism as well as my professional reputation.

As a professional, it behooves me to set the record straight regarding my involvement and rejection of the now defunct National Youth Movement (NYM) and its officers, as well as separate myself from anything to do with fraud.

The following articles and pictures, retained from personal files were all presented, by me, in the United States Supreme Court of New York State on April 25, 1990, to establish the fact that I am the co-founder of the National Youth Movement.

Fact: Independent of any document that I present to you here, during the arrest and seizure of documents from the offices of the National Youth Movement, a document titled The History of the National Youth Movement was found. In this article it states on the third line that someone named Donald Thomas, was the co-founder of the organization. During this trial, I was asked to read into the court record the first paragraph of this NYM document and compare it to the first paragraph of my documentation. I testified that they were one and the same. My proof was that there was a typographical error on my copy and the same exact error appeared on the copy obtained from Sharpton. Therefore some human being somewhere on the planet Earth named Donald Thomas is the co-founder of the National Youth Movement. I am the only human being named Donald Thomas who as a result of subpoena appeared in court and gave sworn testimony.

Documentation Presented to the Supreme Court of New York State Who are going to believe, me or your lying eyes?
Youth applying for NYM summer jobs.				Donald Thomas, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, NYM
Al Sharpton Jr., Founder and Chairman, NYM				Al Sharpton announces formation of the NYM
Article: "Sharpton Lied About Group: Ex-Colleague"				Lawyer's "Sharpton Lied About Group: Ex-Colleague"
( Click on any image to expand view)

Despite the fact that the first question asked of me by attorney Alton Maddox was: "Do you know what perjury is?" - at no time within my four (4) hours of testimony, was I charged with perjury; at no time were any of the above documents deemed fraudulent by the court; at not time was any of the above photographs ever challenged, regarding their authenticity!

 My motivation for presenting this information is three-fold:

1. There are many people who, although I have had no association with the defendant or the National Youth Movement, for decades, still associate me with it and Sharpton.
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2. When interviewed by the newspapers, a comment was made regarding my testimony: "he knows nothing about the National Youth Movement because he's nothing, a complete crackpot." That statement was made during the lunch break and I was still under oath. At no time did the reporter ask Sharpton or Maddox were they going to charge me with perjury. Being a "crackpot" does not absolved false statements nor falsified documents  in a court of law.
3. Shortly after the trial, the defendant appeared on radio, whereupon he made derogatory and slanderous statements about me. I am an only child, I will never be any ones Uncle! Anything that I have said regarding the character or lack thereof of this man, I have done in a court of law, under oath and to his face. He on the other hand can say none of those things.

An interesting side note: 

The now defunct Newsday newspaper that covered this story is the same newspaper that printed on their front page in 1988,  a story alleging that Al Sharpton is an FBI informant. Sharpton and his attorney appeared all day on WLIB radio station in New York, to answer those allegations and did indeed admit to being an informant. His position was that he was not an informant on African American civil rights groups as has been written. Some would say that this shows how because of racial/political reasons, Sharpton was being attacked by this paper. Yet, as you will read, when my attorney sent this newspaper, copies of the same information that you are now reviewing - to show them the inaccuracies of statements made about me, the newspaper never responded. Any true investigative reporting will find that since 1977, the Attorney General's office of the State of New York, had complaints of charity fraud against NYM and Sharpton. I made the A.G.'s office aware that I knew of these complaints, because I saw a letter of complaint and the A.G.'s response letter in 1977. Yet, it was not until 1990, that Sharpton was brought to court. In this court, Alton Maddox handed me the papers of incorporation for the NYM, (Inc?). In less that 93 seconds, I was able to find where the NYM was only legally incorporated for one year 1973-74.Why did it take the A.G.'s office so long to bring charges against this man and organization when in 1977 they had complaints against it? I guess being an FBI informant has it's privileges.

As the owner of this web site, I am able to see who goes to each page on this site, I am aware of many who have come to this page, and know of American media companies who have been sent this information, yet to this day, no one has followed up on this story. Even those who claim to present the Bad about Sharpton somehow have completely left out this charity fraud case!

No Caucasian could ever run for any political office with a history of being charged with charity fraud and it not be brought up by his political opponents.

A lie is a sprint, but the truth is an endurance contest,

I hold three world records in human endurance!

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