Central Park Five

Since the premiere of Ava DuVernay’s compelling Netflix series, “When They See Us,” a call to boycott Linda Fairstein has ensued.

Ava Duvernay was just a teenager when five young Black boys, from Harlem, were arrested and convicted for the rape of a white woman in Central Park on the night of April 19, 1989. So when Raymond Santana, one of the “Central Park 5” sent her a wishful tweet about bringing the Central Park 5 […]

Ava DuVernay is taking on the controversial Central park Five case for her latest Netflix project. The miniseries “When They See Us,” explores the explosive moment five young boys of color who were accused of brutally assaulting and raping a white woman in New York City in 1989. The crime divided the city and sparked real estate mogul Donald […]

Director Ava DuVernay released the trailer for the long-awaited Netflix limited series of the five young men who came to be known as the “Central Park Five.”

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said ‘Justice delayed is justice denied,’ but for the Central Park Five, justice has come at last. The New York Times is reporting that the City of New York has agreed to a $40 million settlement in the infamous case. In 1989, five Black and Hispanic teenagers […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has blocked New York City from getting footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his movie about the five men exonerated in the Central Park jogger rape case. Federal Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis ruled Tuesday that the city had failed to show him a concern […]

Roland Martin talks with Ken Burns about his new film "The Central Park Five."

Click here to hear Roland Martin interview filmmaker Ken Burns on the TJMS. — Marvin Gaye sang about "The Inner City Blues" best: Make me wanna holler the way they do my life!  If only we could shout out the socio- eco- injustices in America's urban communities, the world would surely be a better place. […]

Nearly a decade after five teens wrongfully convicted in the infamous Central Park jogger rape case were finally released and vindicated, the NYPD is again prompting gasps of outrage over its handling of the case. Top city officials have now filed a subpoena demanding that famed independent filmmaker Ken Burns and his Florentine Production company […]

Nearly a decade after five teens wrongfully convicted in the infamous Central Park jogger rape case were finally released and vindicated, the NYPD is again prompting gasps of outrage over its handling of the case. Top city officials have now filed a subpoena demanding that famed independent filmmaker Ken Burns and his Florentine Production company […]