Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire
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In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal beating of a Black man, Rodney King, Los Angeles was torn apart. Thousands of fires were set, causing more than a billion dollars in damage. In neighborhoods abandoned by the police, protestors and storeowners exchanged gunfire. More than 12,000 people were arrested and 2,400 injured. Sixty-three died. In Rising from...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1324030909
ISBN13:9781324030904
Release Date:May 2024
Publisher:Norton Young Readers
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:12 to 18 years
Grade Range:Grade 7 to Postsecondary
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