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Screening the Los Angeles 'Riots'

Author: Darnell M. Hunt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780521578141

On April 29, 1992, the "worst riots of the century" (Los Angeles Times) erupted. Television newsworkers tried frantically to keep up with what was happening on the streets while, around the city, nation and globe, viewers watched intently as leaders, participants, and fires flashed across their television screens. Screening the Los Angeles "riots" zeroes in on the first night of these events, exploring in detail the meanings one news organization found in them, as well as those made by fifteen groups of viewers in the events' aftermath. Combining ethnographic and quasi-experimental methods, Darnell M. Hunt's account reveals how race shapes both television's construction of news and viewers' understandings of it. He engages with the longstanding debates about the power of television to shape our thoughts versus our ability to resist, and concludes with implications for progressive change.

Understanding the Riots

Author: Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Publisher: Los Angeles Times Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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The causes and the aftermath of the 1992 riots.

The L.A. Riots

Author: Michael D. Cole

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780766012196

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Acts of violence, inspired by anger at a not-guilty verdict acquitting three Los Angeles police officers in the Rodney King assault trial, took Los Angeles hostage. By the end of the rampage, sixty people were dead, twenty-three hundred more were injured, and thousands of businesses lay in smoky ruins. This account captures the tense mood of one of the deadliest riots in American history.

Rodney King and the L.A. Riots

Author: Rebecca Rissman

Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1629680338

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This title examines an important historic event--the police beating of Rodney King in 1991 and the riots in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the events of March 3, 1991, when a high-speed car chase ended in King's beating, the significance of the video tape of the beating, the officers' trials, and the riots that followed their acquittal in May 1992. Key to the discussion is an examination of the racial context of the riots, including preexisting racial tensions in the city. Also discussed are the 1993 federal trial and the aftermath of the riots. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web sites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Author: Louise I. Gerdes

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2014-04-14

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0737770082

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The American public was holding its collective breath as four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department were acquitted of excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King. Upon the exhale came relief for some, but for many more came a crushing grief and anger. This essential volume gives readers a strong background on the events leading up to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Essays also present the controversies related to the event, including whether the police department protected its citizens during the riots. The last chapter shares first-person narratives and accounts of those impacted by the riots, giving your readers a chance to go beyond simple facts and experience the event for themselves.

Understanding the Riots

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 158

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Coverage of the 1992 L.A. riots by the Los Angeles Times.

Inside the L.A. Riots

Author: Don Hazen

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13:

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This is a collection of aritcles about what happened during the riots following the Rodney King verdict, the causes of these riots, similar situations which have provoked unrest in other cities, and what is needed for social justice.