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NYC City Councilman Yusef Salaam Pulled Over By NYPD While On Call About Police Stops

The new councilman said the officer did not give him an explanation on why he was pulled over in Harlem.
01/29/2024

This Week In Good Black News: Philly Elects First Black Woman Mayor, Damar Hamlin Gives Back, and John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Officially Have the Cutest Baby

Plus, it's Veteran's Day and we pay homage to African Americans who once served our nation both here and abroad.
11/10/2023

Exonerated Central Park Five Member Yusef Salaam Elected To NYC City Council In Full Circle Moment

Once jailed with four other teens for a crime he did not commit, he will now represent Harlem as part of the city’s lawmaking body.
11/08/2023
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Exonerated Five Will Be Honored With Central Park Entrance In Harlem

The entrance will be called “The Gate of the Exonerated.”
12/14/2022

'Central Park Five' To Be Honored With Gate Acknowledging Their Exoneration

Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise were wrongfully convicted.
12/13/2022
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Sixth Defendant Linked To Central Park Five Case Exonerated

Steven Lopez was 15 years old at the time of the indictment.
07/27/2022

Sixth Defendant Linked To Central Park Five Case Exonerated

Steven Lopez pleaded guilty when he was named to related charges surrounding the assault of a jogger in New York’s Central Park in 1989.
07/26/2022
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Raymond Santana Files For Divorce From Deelishis After Nearly 2 Years Of Marriage

Divorce papers say there is "no hope of reconciliation."
03/03/2022

Syracuse University Gives Kevin Richardson Of The Central Park Five Honorary Undergraduate Degree

He makes history at Syracuse University.
09/29/2021

Judge Declines To Throw Out Linda Fairstein’s Lawsuit Against Netflix’s ‘When They See Us’

She was portrayed in the Ava DuVernay film.
08/10/2021

Exonerated 5’s Yusef Salaam Is 'Disturbed By Anyone Who Looks Like Me' Supporting Trump

He demanded death for the Central Park Five in 1989.
09/02/2020