The 1992 Los Angeles riots

On April 29, 1992, when a white jury acquitted four white Los Angeles police officers of using excessive force in the beating of African American Rodney King, South Los Angeles erupted in violence. Here, a variety of journalists, historians, sociologists, psychologists, and citizens speaking for various communities discuss the events that sparked the riots, the conditions that fueled the rage, and the aftermath of five days of wanton destruction that shocked the nation.

שנה

2014

שפה

English

סדרה

Perspectives on modern world history

הוצאה

Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning

מהדורות

1

עמודים

184

ISBN

9780737770087

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata