Central Park 5

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National

Al Sharpton delivers fiery remarks on race and Trump and brings out Central Park 5

8:44pm August 22, 2024

“He spent a small fortune on full-page ads calling for the execution of five innocent young teenagers,” Sharpton said in reference to the five Black and Brown New York teenagers who were wrongly convicted of rape.

Politics & Government
National

An exonerated 'Central Park Five' member will win a seat on the New York City Council

4:29pm November 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.

Composer and pianist Anthony Davis, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Arts
Music & Culture

Anthony Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize For His Opera 'The Central Park Five'

6:47pm May 04, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Central Park Five is an operatic narrative retelling the true story about the five African-American and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping and assaulting a white woman in 1989.