US EditionLos Angeles’ key protest moments: 1968 Walkouts, 1992 Rodney King uprising, and 2020 George Floyd demonstrations
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The Many Explosions of Los Angeles in the 1960s
Mike Davis and Jon Wiener's chronicle of Los Angeles in the 1960s, Set the Night on Fire, isn't just a stunning portrait of a city in upheaval half a century ago. It's a history of uprisings for civil rights, against poverty, and for a better world that speaks directly to our current moment of mass protest.
Los Angeles’ key protest moments: 1968 Walkouts, 1992 Rodney King uprising, and 2020 George Floyd demonstrations
Los Angeles has a long history of protests against racial and social injustice—from the 1968 East LA Walkouts to the 1992 Rodney King riots and the 2020 George Floyd movement. Today’s protests over ICE raids continue that legacy of defiance.
The anti-racist protests had Los Angeles on fire in the spring of 1992 . Protests broke out after a jury acquitted police officers who beat Rodney G. King, an African-American motorist. The riots following this decision and the response of the authorities led to the deaths of dozens of people, in addition to 1,500 more injured and the economic damage amounted to more than $500 million. The then president, Republican George H. W. Bush, ordered th…
From the historic student protests of 1968, demanding equality in education, to the explosive responses to police brutality that marked the 1990s and 2020s, Los Angeles remains a city with a rich and dynamic history of activism.
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