The film tells the story of Yusuf Hawkins, a black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Yusuf Hawkins’ death and the official response to it sparked outrage in New York, unleashing a torrent of racial tension and spurring tireless civil rights activism that exposed deep racial prejudices and inequities which continue to plague the country today.
A look at the events surrounding the 1989 murder of Yusuf Hawkins, a black teenager in Brooklyn, who was killed by a group of white youths.
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| Muta'Ali Muhammad |
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