In 1992 Hector Tobar and Cheryl Devall covered the unrest after the Rodney King verdict from the Los Angeles streets. Both journalists discuss the racial…
Hear community leaders’ reactions and reflections on this historic event. After the destruction, cleaning and rebuilding began in Los Angeles, and many different communities rallied…
California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera shares a poem he wrote just days after the beating of Rodney King. Juan Felipe Herrera has received multiple…
How do kids who were not even born in 1992 think about the LA riots? Hear a group of teen documentary producers from Harlem reflect…
Nothing gave voice to the frustrations that led to the LA riots like hip hop. The documentary “Uprising: Hip Hop and the L.A. Riots” depicts…
