Salaam, Yusef
American activist and motivational speaker; one of the Exonerated Five (formerly known as the Central Park Five), wrongfully convicted as a teenager in the 1989 Central Park jogger case and later exonerated.
Books
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1. Better, Not Bitter
Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
A powerful memoir and call to action that chronicles an unjust incarceration and eventual exoneration, using personal experience to expose systemic racism and flaws in the criminal justice system while modeling how resilience, forgiveness, faith, and purposeful activism can transform pain into progress; it combines candid reflection with practical guidance for young people and communities to pursue justice without becoming bitter.
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