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Revisiting Anna Deavere Smith's 'Twilight: Los Angeles 1992,' A.R.T. offers powerful look at racism...
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe show: "Twilight: Los Angeles 1992” Conceived, written and revised by: Anna Deavere Smith;...
Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHere’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1991 ...
Rodney King’s lawyer on Tyre Nichols: Racist policing has plagued the US for decades
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUS police officers’ deadly use of force against Black people is pervasive and lessons have not been...
'New things to learn' in Anna Deavere Smith’s revised ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992'
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor more than three decades, playwright, actor and scholar Anna Deavere Smith has asked audiences to...
Los Angeles' mass uprisings in search of Black justice have punctuated my life, and my library
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI've lived in L.A. during the Watts riots, the beating of Rodney King and the death of George Floyd....
Review: A reimagined 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' revival arrives at a time of protracted crisis
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,' Anna Deavere Smith's documentary play about the Rodney King uprising, is reconceived for a new era with many of the same problems.
'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' raises the voices of the city once more, 30 years later
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnna Deavere Smith and director Gregg T. Daniel revisit the writer/performer's groundbreaking solo...
Secret tapes expose LA's racial fault lines — and give Bass an edge
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass, a former community activist who was at the epicenter of the 1992 Rodney King riots, built her reputation working across racial lines. Suddenly, her résumé is more ...
Tyre Nichols brutal arrest ‘worse’ than Rodney King, Memphis police chief says
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe video showing the police beating of Tyre Nichols is perhaps worse than the notorious footage...
Riots in L.A., Roosevelt opens World's Fair: News Journal archives, week of April 30
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning...