23 records matched your query       

Title:

The 1992 Los Angeles riots / Louise I. Gerdes, editor.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Pressa part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.

Subject:

King, Rodney,--1965-2012.
Racism--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Police misconduct--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992.
African Americans--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif)--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-, editor of compilation.
Gale Group.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

chapter 1. Historical background on the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- chapter 2. Controversies surrounding the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- chapter 3. Personal narratives.

Summary:

Offers multiple perspectives on momentous events. This volume provides a brief overview of the major factors that led to violence in South Los Angeles on April 29, 1992, when a white jury acquitted four white police officers of using excessive force in the beating of African American, Rodney King.

Series:

Perspectives on modern world history
Gale virtual reference library
Perspectives on modern world history

ISBN:

0737770554 (electronic book)
9780737770551 (electronic book)

Locations:

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)