Rising from the ashes: Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a city on fire
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9781324030904
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.2, 11 Points
Level 7.2, 11 Points
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| Grouping Title | rising from the ashes los angeles ward jae song lee latasha harlins rodney king and a city on fire |
| Grouping Author | paula yoo |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-03-27 05:08:38AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-06-03 05:13:14AM |
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Yoo, Paula
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Yoo, Paula
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Southgate Community - Young Adult Non-Fiction
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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 [this book], ... Paula Yoo draws on the experience of the city's Korean American community to narrate and illuminate this uprising, from the racism that created economically disadvantaged neighborhoods torn by drugs and gang-related violence, to the tensions between the city's minority communities. At its heart are the stories of three lives and three families: those of Rodney King; of Latasha Harlins, a Black teenager shot and killed by a Korean American storeowner; and Edward Jae Song Lee, a Korean American man killed in the unrest"--
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9781324030904
publishDate
2024
publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
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subject_facet
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Harlins, Latasha
King, Rodney, -- 1965-2012
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
Poor -- California -- Los Angeles
Poor -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Racism -- California -- Los Angeles
Racism -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 -- Juvenile literature
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Harlins, Latasha
King, Rodney, -- 1965-2012
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
Poor -- California -- Los Angeles
Poor -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Racism -- California -- Los Angeles
Racism -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile literature
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 -- Juvenile literature
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Rising from the ashes : Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a city on fire
title_full
Rising from the ashes : Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a city on fire / Paula Yoo
title_short
Rising from the ashes
title_sub
Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a city on fire
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African Americans
Harlins, Latasha
King, Rodney
Korean Americans
Poor
Race relations
Racism
Riots
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992
Harlins, Latasha
King, Rodney
Korean Americans
Poor
Race relations
Racism
Riots
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992
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