4-10. Political Work: The Central Park 5, Part 1
Title
4-10. Political Work: The Central Park 5, Part 1
Subject
Description
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross speaks about her involvement in the campaign to exonerate the Central Park 5.
From Suzanne: "1989 framing of 5 young Black men (one of them Puerto Rican) for the rape of a white woman. A public drama in the form of a legal lynching drawn out, in the psyches of thousands of women, white and Black, racist and outrageous judgments with little or no evidence of these young people’s guilt. I joined the resistance to this lynching through the International Working Women’s Day Committee and played a particular role as a white anti-racist/feminist in defense of the young men."
From Suzanne: "1989 framing of 5 young Black men (one of them Puerto Rican) for the rape of a white woman. A public drama in the form of a legal lynching drawn out, in the psyches of thousands of women, white and Black, racist and outrageous judgments with little or no evidence of these young people’s guilt. I joined the resistance to this lynching through the International Working Women’s Day Committee and played a particular role as a white anti-racist/feminist in defense of the young men."
Creator
Date
2022
Contributor
Rights
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Format
MP4
Language
English
Type
Video memoir
Identifier
AV-ROSS.040
Original Format
MP4
Duration
00:55:01
Media
Collection
Citation
Ross, Suzanne, “4-10. Political Work: The Central Park 5, Part 1,” Bronx History Online, accessed August 22, 2025, https://digital.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/AV-ROSS/AV-ROSS.040.
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