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Central Park entry gate commemorates the 'Exonerated Five'

Headline from Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

An entryway to New York's Central Park has been dedicated to remember the injustice that imprisoned five Black and Latino teenagers. They were wrongly convicted of the 1989 rape of a white jogger. The entryway on the northern perimeter of the park flanking Harlem is now known as the “Gate of the Exo…

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  1. FOX 5 DC

    Gate of the Exonerated unveiled in Central Park (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    FOX 5 DC's feed description

    One of Central Park's entrances has a new name in honor of the men formerly known as the Central Park Five and now known as The Exonerated Five.

  2. amNewYork

    New gate name honoring the Exonerated Five unveiled in Central Park (opens amNewYork)

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    amNewYork's feed description

    A new gate inspired by the Exonerated Five was unveiled in Central Park on Monday.

  3. CBS News

    A Central Park entrance named for the exonerated 'Central Park Five' is unveiled (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    New York City unveiled the "Gate of the Exonerated" in Central Park Monday to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens known as the "Central Park Five."

  4. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Central Park entry gate commemorates the 'Exonerated Five' (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    An entryway to New York's Central Park has been dedicated to remember the injustice that imprisoned five Black and Latino teenagers. They were wrongly convicted of the 1989 rape of a white jogger. The entryway on the northern perimeter of the park flanking Harlem is now known as the “Gate of the Exo…

  5. CBS News

    Central Park's new Gate of the Exonerated honors those wrongfully convicted of crimes (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The newly named entrance to the park honors all those who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes.

  6. CBS News

    Gate of the Exonerated unveiled in Central Park, honoring men formerly known as "Central Park 5" (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Central Park named its first gate since the original plaques were established more than 150 years ago.

  7. Christian Science Monitor

    New Central Park gate honors the Exonerated Five in New York (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    It’s been 33 years since five young men were wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park in 1989. Now, a gate in Central Park honors the Exonerated Five. “We are here because we persevere,” said Yusef Salaam.

  8. NBC News

    New York unveils Central Park gate honoring 'Exonerated 5' (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The gate commemorates five teens falsely accused of raping a jogger in 1989, as well as others wrongfully imprisoned. WNBC's Adam Kuperstein reports.

  9. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Central Park gate honors wrongly imprisoned 'Exonerated 5' (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    At a small patch of Central Park flanking New York's Harlem neighborhood, scores came Monday to remember the injustice that imprisoned five Black and Latino teenagers after they were wrongly accused and convicted of the 1989 rape of a white jogger.

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