FILE - In this Aug. 28, 1988 file photo, advisers to Tawana Brawley, Attorney C. Vernon Mason, second from left, the Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and attorney Alton Maddox, lead a march toward Mayor Ed Koch's residence at Gracie Mansion in New York City. Plenty has been said in recent years about Sharpton’s “reinvention,” as he shed nearly 170 pounds, traded warmup outfits for tailored suits, took to the camera for a daily cable television show, and built relationships with the White House and New York's city hall; but Sharpton's unflagging ability to seize the moment, regardless of setbacks and no matter how the opening presents itself, has prevailed for three decades. (AP Photo/Charles Wenzelberg, File)