Plaintiff:	Ralph W. Baker Jr.
Defendant:	Jelani Cobb, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Vievee Francis, Shoshana Guy, Nicole Counts, Ms. Oprah Winfrey, Jason Reynolds, Keisha Blain, Kamilah Forbes, Paramount Global, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Nikky Finney, Ta-Nehisi P. Coates, The Walt Disney Company, Trevor Noah, Victoria Matsui, Hachette Livre, Ibram X. Kendi, Netflix, Inc., Claudia Rankine, The New York Times Company, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Chris Jackson, Roger Ross Williams, Kevin Kruse, Clint Smith, Terrance Hayes, A. Van Jordan, Leslie M. Alexander, Matthew Desmond, Dorothy Roberts, Barry Jenkins, Jamelle Bouie, Carol Anderson, Donna Brazile, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Kiese Laymon, Bryan Stevenson, Darryl Pinckney, Michelle Alexander, Tim Siebles, Jesmyn Ward, Ysef Komunyakaa, Terry McMillan, Lynn Nottage, Martha S. Jones, William Barber, II, Eve L. Ewing, Tiya Miles, Pamela Newkirk, Adam Serwer, Isabel Wilkerson, Robin D.G. Kelly, William A. Darity, Sherrilyn Ifill, Imani Perry, Peniel Joseph, Keemanga-Yamhta Taylor, Angela Davis, Alicia Garza, Michael Harriott, Carles E. Cobb, Jr., Fannone Jeffers, Dwayne Betts, Robert Jr. Jones, Howard University, The 1619 Freedom School, Center For Journalism & Democracy, Boston University, Center for Antiracist Research, University of Pittsburgh, Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Craig Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York, New York University, Columbia University, University of South Carolina, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Rutgers University, Tulane University, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Old Dominion University, Emory University, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, Duke University, Legal Defense Fund, The University of Texas at Austin, Northwestern University, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, Yale University, Rice University and University of Oklahoma
Case Number:	1:2024cv08760
Filed:	November 16, 2024
Court:	US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Presiding Judge:	Jesse M Furman
Nature of Suit:	Copyright
Cause of Action:	17 U.S.C. § 501 Copyright Infringement
Jury Demanded By:	Plaintiff

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