Los Angeles Uprisings: Crash Course Black American History #45
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In this episode of Black American History, Clint Smith teaches you about the complicated history of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles. You'll learn about the Watts Rebellion of 1965, a 6-day uprising in response to police brutality that shaped the landscape of racial tension in southern California for years to come. This tension culminated in two major events - the murder of Latasha Harlins and the beating of Rodney King in 1991 - which incited the L. A. Uprisings of 1992.
Lynn M. Itagaki, Civil Racism: The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis of Racial Burnout (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Robert Gooding-Williams, ed, Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising (New York & London: Routledge, 1993.
Brenda Stevenson, The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Date: 2022-08-26
