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Shelia Washington was instrumental in the exoneration of the Scottsboro Boys, nine young Black men who were wrongfully convicted of raping two white women in a famous 1935 case.The Scottsboro Boys – Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Andy Wright, Roy Wright, Olin Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, and Eugene Williams – were riding on a freight train through Tennessee when a white mob tried to force them from the train and later accused them of raping two white women.

Duke Bootee, born Edward Fletcher, was an early rapper who co-wrote the influential hip-hop song “The Message,” performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.Fletcher was a studio musician at Sugar Hill Records, the seminal label that released early hip-hop classics. There, he performed with bands including the Sugar Hill Gang and the Furious Five.

“We’re taking a more investigative angle,” says Bermudez. “Some people don’t realize how much entertainment news and culture affects our daily lives, and how we’re influenced by these celebrities whose lives we follow and whose headlines we follow on social media.

Adam Devine and Anders Holm called “This is Important.”“I’m having this strange renaissance during this month,” he says. “I feel almost kind of bad — but I’m excited to give people stuff to watch.”