Yusef Salaam

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December 10, 2024
While Daniel Penny celebrated his freedom being acquitted in the subway death of Jordan Neely, Neely's father expressed heartbreak.
September 11, 2024
Donald Trump, who many say lost the debate to Vice President Kamala Harris, made a surprise appearance before reporters on…
January 29, 2024
Yusef Salaam's stop casts a light on a police transparency bill that would require officers to publicly report on all…
Yusef Salaam
June 28, 2023
Salaam faces two veteran politicians, New York Assembly members Al Taylor and Inez Dickens...
Yusef Salaam mocks Donald Trump
September 7, 2021
Yusef Salaam wants a seat in the Harlem senate to focus his efforts on police brutality, criminal justice reform, and…
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June 24, 2021
As a part of our 'Black and Proud' series, theGrio caught up with Billy Porter, Rep. Maxine Waters and Dr.…
November 23, 2020
One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 23: (L-R) Korey Wise, Raymond Santana Jr., Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, and Kevin Richardson of the "Central Park Five" speak onstage at the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
June 24, 2019
The exonerated Central Park Five men received high praise when they hit the stage on Sunday at the BET Awards.
May 24, 2019
Ava DuVernay delivers her best work to date with 'When They See Us' a four-part series on the Central Park…
When They See us
May 21, 2019
Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Niecy Nash, and more stars turn out for the world premiere of Netflix's 'When They See…
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February 15, 2018
TheGrio interviewed Yusef Salaam to find out more about the Central Park Five’s relationship to the 45th president and why…
November 7, 2016
Yusef Salaam, a member of the Central Park Five, campaigned for Hillary Clinton and used his own experience to warn…
June 20, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to a $40 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit filed…
April 17, 2013
OPINION - The documentary might be easier to stomach if 'justice' had improved since then. But it’s not so far…
May 3, 2011
OPINION - The five young men who were ultimately indicted, tried and convicted say they were coerced into a confession...