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Rising from the Ashes
- Author
- Paula Yoo
- Narrator
- Kevin R. Free
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 18 June 2024
- Run Time
- 7 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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and Black American communities.
On April 29, 1992, following the acquittal of four police officers charged with the beating and arrest of Rodney
King and the earlier killing of teenager Latasha Harlins, the city of Los Angeles erupted in violence. Many
of these events were centered on the city’s Koreatown, where tensions between the Black and Korean
American communities had simmered for years, fueled by economic challenges and redlining and enflamed
by sensationalized and racist media. Based on more than 100 personal interviews, Rising from the Ashes
follows these events through the eyes and experiences of the families of King, Harlins, shooting victim Edward
Jae Song Lee, and dozens of business owners, journalists, police officers, firefighters, activists, and other
community members. Deeply researched and compulsively readable, this is a vivid, propulsive, and moving
story of a pivotal moment in recent American history that continues to resonate today.
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- Author
- Paula Yoo
- Narrator
- Kevin R. Free
- Duration
- 7 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 June 2024
- ISBN
- 9798892735025
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism
Synopsis
Paula Yoo’s latest is a compelling, nuanced account of Los Angeles’s 1992 uprising and its impact on its Koreanand Black American communities.On April 29, 1992, following the acquittal of four police officers charged with the beating and arrest of RodneyKing and the earlier killing of teenager Latasha Harlins, the city of Los Angeles erupted in violence. Manyof these events were centered on the city’s Koreatown, where tensions between the Black and KoreanAmerican communities had simmered for years, fueled by economic challenges and redlining and enflamedby sensationalized and racist media. Based on more than 100 personal interviews, Rising from the Ashesfollows these events through the eyes and experiences of the families of King, Harlins, shooting victim EdwardJae Song Lee, and dozens of business owners, journalists, police officers, firefighters, activists, and othercommunity members. Deeply researched and compulsively readable, this is a vivid, propulsive, and movingstory of a pivotal moment in recent American history that continues to resonate today.
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