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    NYC Honors Kalief Browder With Renamed Bronx Block

    Browder’s family joined city council members to unveil “Kalief Browder Way” on what would have been his 24th birthday.

    Sameer Rao May 26, 2017 12:55PM EDT
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    Criminal Justice Reform Advocates Respond to Plan to Close Rikers Island

    “It’s not close Rikers while we allow law makers to make policy that continues to criminalize Brown and Black people.”

    Kenrya Rankin Apr 3, 2017 12:45PM EDT
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    Kalief Browder's Family Joins Jay Z, Gayle King for Town Hall

    “Time and Punishment” will air before the second episode of “TIME: The Kalief Browder Story,” the docuseries about Browder’s incarceration without trial.

    Sameer Rao Mar 8, 2017 1:55PM EST
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    WATCH: First Harrowing Trailer for Kalief Browder Docuseries

    The Jay Z-produced series will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month before airing on Spike in March.

    Sameer Rao Dec 16, 2016 10:13AM EST
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    Jay Z's Docuseries on Kalief Browder to Premiere at Sundance

    Stanley Nelson’s new documentary on HBCUs will also show at the festival in January.

    Sameer Rao Dec 6, 2016 4:16PM EST
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    Kalief Browder's Mother 'Literally Died of a Broken Heart,' Says Lawyer

    Venida Browder fought for justice after her teenage son was forced to stay at Rikers Island jail for three years without a trial, and later killed himself.

    Sameer Rao Oct 17, 2016 2:20PM EDT
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