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*PBS will air the latest Ken Burns documentary “Central Park Five” on April 16, to be followed the next day with an online discussion featuring the filmmakers and all five of the exonerated men, streamed live by The New York Times. The film tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem [...]
*A federal judge has rejected efforts by the city of New York to subpoena outtakes from Ken Burns’s documentary, “The Central Park Five,” which describes how five teenagers – four African Americans, one Hispanic – were pressured to confess to the assault of a woman in Central Park in 1989 but were exonerated after serving [...]
*New York City is still reeling over a heinous crime committed in the city’s sacred Central Park in 1989. But this time around, the political crusher that came down on five youth and sent them to jail in a crucial part of their development is on trial. Five youth that became known as the Central [...]
*In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there were isolated reports of people in neighboring states who saw the influx of displaced New Orleanians into their cities as a burden – or even worse, a nuisance. But imagine if whole cities and states harbored pure hatred and zero sympathy for Katrina survivors – not only making fun [...]
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