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Thirty-five years ago today, a white woman was brutally raped and assaulted while jogging in Central Park. New York Police officers swiftly rounded up a dozen of teenagers and young men. And in the aftermath of the mass arrest, five Black and Latino teenage boys — Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana Jr., Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, and Antron McCray, were charged and convicted of the crime.

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Furthermore, and simply portrayed; that if we are only known by our name and not exposed by our roots we will never be able to cultivate the lineage and history