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Rising From the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo

18 Jun 2024

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Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760639to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rising From the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire Author: Paula Yoo Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: 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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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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Rising From the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo

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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

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