Central Park 5 member, Yusef Salaam, to run for Harlem state senate seat
New York Daily News, September 3, 2021: Central Park 5 member, Yusef Salaam, to run for Harlem state senate seat
“Nearly 20 years after a judge vacated convictions against him and four of his buddies in one of the most sensational criminal justice cases in city history, Salaam has told associates that he is running to fill the seat being vacated by Harlem state Sen. Brian Benjamin (D), who was nominated last week to be New York’s next lieutenant governor.”
Additional reading:
Yusef Salaam’s Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice on bookshop.org
The Ringer, September 7, 2021: A Conversation With Dr. Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five
NPR, May 26, 2021: Central Park 'Exonerated 5' Member Reflects On Freedom And Forgiveness
The Guardian, September 1, 2020: Yusef Salaam: 'Trump would have had me hanging from a tree in Central Park'
