Carter was freed in November 1985 when his convictions were set aside after years of appeals and public advocacy. His ordeal and the alleged racial motivations behind it were publicized in Bob Dylan's ...

Former boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter has died at the age of 76 after a battle with prostate cancer. Carter spent nearly 20 years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of a triple murder in 1966.

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was at the peak of his boxing career when his life was taken from him. Convicted of a triple murder ...

TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who spent 19 years in prison for murder and then was released after it was determined he did not get a fair trial, ...

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a star prizefighter whose career was cut short by a murder conviction in New Jersey and who became an international cause célèbre while imprisoned for 19 years before the ...

Sam Chaiton’s new memoir, We Used to Dream of Freedom, has two seemingly unrelated narratives: the trauma of growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors, and the battle to free Rubin “Hurricane” ...

Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was twice wrongly convicted of triple murder and later became the subject of a famous Bob Dylan song and Denzel Washington biopic, died this morning at 76. His ...

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, left, shown in his win over Fabio Bettini in Paris in February 1965, saw his career cut short by a wrongful murder conviction. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose ...

The subject of a Bob Dylan song as well as a hit film with Denzel Washington, Carter was a symbol of overcoming racial injustice. © 2025 American City Business ...