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Rodney King's daughter on Tyre Nichols: 'People wonder where the anger comes from, this is where'
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoRodney King's daughter weighed in on the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols earlier this month and the...
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...
Rodney King’s lawyer on Tyre Nichols: Racist policing has plagued the US for decades
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoTYRE NICHOLS: Exclusive: “The violence impacted on African Americans speaks of a culture of...
Los Angeles' mass uprisings in search of Black justice have punctuated my life, and my library
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoI've lived in L.A. during the Watts riots, the beating of Rodney King and the death of George Floyd....
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...
Rabbi Novack: Day of mourning reminds us 'community’ comes from unity, not uniformity
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs a child I witnessed a community at the height of disunity. I grew up in Los Angeles and vividly...
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 ...
Gerth: Beshear's first inaugural address had no big ideas. Let's hope for bigger plans now
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhen he was sworn in four years ago, Gov. Andy Beshear gave what we can consider the Rodney King...
Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 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 ...
'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...