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The Brotherhood: Raymond Santana Creates a T-Shirt to Commemorate the Central Park Five
If, like me, you spent a good part of your weekend tearfully watching Ava DuVernay’s masterful When They See Us on Netflix, you likely walked away wanting to ensure the world never forgets what was done to Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Korey Wise and Raymond Santana. The five boys—then aged 14 to 16…
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Raymond Santana Supports Boycott of Central Park Five Prosecutor Linda Fairstein: 'She Has to Pay for Her Crime'
With the release of the brilliant Netflix miniseries When They See Us comes renewed interest in the trial surrounding the Central Park Five and its standing as one of the most heinous miscarriages of justice in the history of the state of New York. In exploring how five innocent black teenagers—whose only crimes were naiveté—were…
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Ava DuVernay on When They See Us and How the Press Failed the Central Park Five
There are few things more difficult to watch than the abuse, mistreatment and manipulation of innocent young black and brown people. In her four-part Netflix series, When They See Us, award-winning director Ava DuVernay takes us into the story of the Central Park Five—a case that had the media in a frenzy in the late…
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When They See Us Teaser Trailer: The Central Park Five Are Authentically Seen
The “Central Park Five” may have been immortalized with the name, but it’s always important to remember that each member of that historic group is a person. Humanizing them is important. It looks like award-winning director Ava DuVernay is attempting to do just that with her new limited series about these five black and Latino…
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Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Proves White Male Privilege Is Invincible
His confirmation might come as a shock to some, but for many of us, it was a foregone conclusion.
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3 of the Central Park Five Finally Celebrate Their High School Graduation, Receive Honorary Diplomas
It’s been decades in the making, but on Monday three of the Central Park Five finally got the opportunity to celebrate their high school graduation and received honorary degrees after they were robbed of their futures when they were wrongly imprisoned and later wrongly convicted for the 1989 rape of a woman who was jogging…