Rodney King Riots

WATCH: Pregnant Woman Shot During LA Riots Speaks, 20 Years Later

Posted 04.27.2012

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Perhaps the most innocent of all the innocent victims of the 1992 Los Angeles riots was Elvira Evers and the baby inside her womb. Elvira was seven...

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WATCH: LA Riots Told Through Shocking Videos

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.29.2012

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Twenty years later, the Rodney King LA riot videos are just as shocking as they were in 1992. Through a then-groundbreaking but soon-to-become regu...

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Congresswoman Diane E. Watson: A Woman of Greatness and Conviction Passes the Baton

Mark Ridley-Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Ridley-Thomas

The 1970s was a time when African American women in public office were few and far between. In that era, one woman emerged on the public stage. She stood out among the few as a leader.

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Obama Election Reaction: Bulls Win Melee or Rodney King Riot?

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esther J. Cepeda

If Obama won, would our streets flood with overjoyed citizens who pulled the sort of scene that saw taxi cabs overturned and looting and rioting in our neighborhoods after the Bulls' 1992 Championship?

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