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Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead review – a dazzling sequel to Harlem Shuffle

From bent cops to blaxploitation, this tale of corruption in 70s New York combines the energy of a crime thriller and the sharp wit of social satire

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Central Park Five member Yusef Salaam wins city council primary

Exonerated in an infamous rape case, Salaam made a successful bid for the Democratic nod in New York’s Central Harlem.

Al Jazeera · Jul 5, 2023

Exonerated member of 'Central Park Five' wins primary, nearly assuring seat on NYC Council

A member of the “Central Park Five” is a step closer to winning a seat on the New York City Council

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

Paris becomes new 'voguing' capital as LGBT community finds refuge in ballroom scene

To mark Pride Month, we take a closer look at ballroom culture, an LGBT movement born in Harlem, New York in the 1920s and which flooded nightclubs in the 1970s. In Paris, now one of the world's "voguing" capitals, the ballroom scene boasts some thirty dance troupes known as houses.…

France 24 · Jun 23, 2023

Once wrongly imprisoned for notorious rape, member of 'Central Park Five' is running for office

Some consider Yusef Salaam a folk hero as a member of the “Central Park Five,” the group of teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in a brutal attack 34 years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

AOC praised by Jordan Neely’s family as grand jury indicts Daniel Penny for subway death

New York Democrat advocated for victim and his family after his death and attended his funeral in Harlem on 19 May

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

Rev Al Sharpton delivers powerful eulogy at Jordan Neely’s funeral: ‘They put their arms around all of us’

‘Jordan was screaming for help. We keep criminalising people with mental illness,’ Rev Sharpton said

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Sharpton questions NYPD’s response to subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely at Harlem funeral service

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a fiery call for justice Friday as family, friends and total strangers packed a Harlem church for a heartfelt farewell to subway chokehold victim Jordan Neely.

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023

Jordan Neely was ‘screaming for help’, Al Sharpton says in funeral eulogy

Veteran civil rights activist says ‘what happened to Jordan was a crime’ as mourners gather to remember man, 30, killed on subway

The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023

Ancient Knights of Malta get their 1st non-aristocratic head

A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023