Yusef Salaam Of The Exonerated Five: Pay Attention To 2020 Candidates’ ‘Track Record’
Yusef Salaam, who was one of the five Black and brown teenagers wrongfully accused and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white woman in Central Park, is taking a…
‘When They See Us’ Is Snubbed By Golden Globes And Twitter Isn’t Having It
Just one day after scoring six Critics’ Choice Award nominations, “When They See Us” is feeling no love from the Golden Globes. The Netflix miniseries had been widely considered a…
Ava DuVernay Brings Exonerated Five To Emmy Awards
Ava DuVernay attended the 71st Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday alongside the inspirations for her Emmy-nominated work. The director brought the group of men who were wrongfully convicted of a…
Ava DuVernay’s Emmys Photo Thread Captures Emotional Moments With The Exonerated 5
Ava DuVernay recently shared a string of photos from the 2019 Emmy Awards in a thread on Twitter — and it’s powerful. On Monday, the director shared photos of herself…
Ava DuVernay Says In Harlem, Korey Wise Often Meets Supporters, And They Do See Him
Ava DuVernay said on Thursday that looking through photos on social media capturing Korey Wise meeting his supporters in New York City is one of her “favorite things to do.”…
Ava DuVernay Isn’t Surprised Trump Won’t Apologize To Central Park Five
Director Ava DuVernay didn’t expect President Donald Trump to apologize for urging the execution of the five teenagers known as the Central Park Five, more than 30 years after they…
Linda Fairstein Gets Slammed On Twitter For Doubling Down On Her Central Park Five Role
People on social media have amplified their ongoing criticism of former prosecutor Linda Fairstein after her op-ed defending the handling of the so-called Central Park Five case was published in…
Linda Fairstein Resigns From Boards As Central Park Five Series Reignites Backlash
Former prosecutor Linda Fairstein has resigned from at least two boards in the wake of the reignited backlash she’s received for her role overseeing the so-called Central Park Five case…
In ‘When They See Us,’ Ava DuVernay Makes Sure We Really See The Central Park Five
Raymond Santana. Kevin Richardson. Antron McCray. Yusef Salaam. Korey Wise. These are the names of men who were boys, ages 14, 15 and 16, when they were robbed: of their…
‘When They See Us’ And The Specter Of Donald Trump
There’s less than a minute of actual footage of Donald Trump in “When They See Us,” Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix miniseries about the 1989 Central Park jogger case, and yet…