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Rodney King and the L.A. riots / by Rebecca Rissman ; content consultant, Darnell M. Hunt, PhD, Director, Bunche Center at UCLA, Professor of Sociology.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rissman, Rebecca, Author.
- Series:
- Essential events.
- Essential events Rodney King and the L.A. riots
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Rodney, 1965-2012--Juvenile literature.
- King, Rodney.
- Riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Riots.
- Racism--California--Los Angeles.
- Racism.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title examines an important historic event--the police beating of Rodney King in 1991 and the riots in Los Angeles, California.
- Contents:
- chapter 1. The arrest that made history
- chapter 2. An early viral video
- chapter 3. Life in Los Angeles
- chapter 4. Who is Rodney King?
- chapter 5. The Simi Valley trial
- chapter 6. Riots erupt
- chapter 7. "Can we all get along?"
- chapter 8. A federal trial
- chapter 9. Rodney King's legacy.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781629680330
- 1629680338
- 9781624018367
- 162401836X
- OCLC:
- 868965044
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