Two men who served prison time for crimes they didn't commit, will be the keynote speakers for a symposium tomorrow on racial injustice, mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

Kevin Richardson was 14 when he was arrested and accused of brutally attacking and raping a female jogger in New York's Central Park.

"That was the scariest night of my life," Richardson said.

Richardson and four others were convicted of the crime and dubbed the Central Park 5. He served seven years in prison before getting exonerated when the real attacker came forward.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I thought I would never return home until seven years later," Richardson said.

Laurese Glover spent 20 years in prison after being convicted of murdering a 19-year-old in Cleveland in 1995.

"They had a 14-year-old girl come to court, testify on us and we was convicted and sentenced to 15 years to life and 18 years to life," Glover said.

His case was later overturned with the help of the Ohio Innocence Project.

"It took a 21 year process but I mean we stayed prayed up, we stayed consistent, maintaining our innocence and it worked out for us," Glover said.

Both men are in the Mahoning Valley to share their stories of legal injustice and spark a conversation about what's happening to men of color across the country.

"I know there are so many others still left behind that can't be a voice for themselves so that is why I am here today and why I continue to support this movement for the people that can't be a voice for themselves," Glover said.

"I'm not convinced, I actually know that these things still happen and that is why it's my due diligence to make sure it doesn't happen again," Richardson said. "There will never be another Exonerated 5, another Emmett Till, another Scottsboro boys, unfortunately the list goes on and on, that is why I'm put in this position to make sure there is a change."

Whether it's changing laws or changing perception, Richardson and Glover say it needs to happen now.

"I wouldn't want this on my worst enemy to go through what I went through so whatever I could do to spread the word, I'm all for it," Glover said.

"I'm put in history now to change lives and that is what I have to do," Richardson said. "My brothers and I were scapegoats and sometimes in life you have to be a scapegoat to let others know and pave the way for others and if we work together at this, not just people of color, but all people, I think we can make a change, but we have to do it."