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Ava DuVernay on humanizing Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were wrongly accused of the brutal rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise became known as the Central Park Five. The boys were charged and convicted with no physical evidence implicating them. But in 2002, their convictions were overturned after DNA evidence and a confession exonerated them. Director Ava DuVernay joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss her Netflix four-part series on the Central Park Five, "When They See Us."

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Michael K. Williams talks "When They See Us"

Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams is best known for portraying iconic characters like Omar Little on the HBO series "The Wire" and Chalky White on "Boardwalk Empire." Now, Williams is starring in the new Netflix series "When They See Us" about the five New York City teenagers who were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 attack of a jogger in Central Park. Williams portrays Bobby McCray, the father of one of the teens. He joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss his new role and why he saw himself in the group of young men.

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NYC Title IX coordinators get added funding

New York City has granted the New York Department of Education additional funding for Title IX coordinators for the 2020 fiscal year. This comes after Girls for Gender Equity, a non-profit, partnered with students to campaign for the funding. Brittany Brathwaite, the organizing and innovation manager with GGE joined CBSN to talk about the initiative. She was joined by Yazmin Abdullah, one of the students who helped organize the campaign.

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Local leaders push back against ICE raids

Beginning Sunday, federal agents will begin a nationwide effort to arrest immigrants who have been issued final deportation orders. The raids will target ten major cities, and will focus mainly on Central American families that crossed the U.S. border with Mexico. President Trump says the crackdown is meant to remove criminals from the country -- but the leaders in some of these cities, like New York City and San Francisco, are pushing back against the effort. Laura Podesta reports.

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