Obama has a pretty long list of presidential pardons or clemency.  Most were low level drug offenders with long sentences; some surprises too, such as Chelsea Manning and Oscar Lopez Rivera.  Sadly, Leonard Peltier denied clemency.

Democracy Now!  https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/18/breaking_leonard_peltier_denied_clemency_by

Very much looking forward to the new documentary on James Baldwin.  Timely and necessary.

I Am Not Your Negro Trailer

Review in The Guardian