SATURDAY, APRIL 29
PROGRAM # 8053 16:00 PM PT
LA Riots: 25 Years Later.
On this day, 25 years ago, a violent incident in the intersection of Normandie and Florence Avenues quickly turned into a mass revolt and in hours the fire raged through South and Central LA. The five days of civil violence left a tragic toll of nearly 60 deaths, thousands injured, and a billion dollars in property damages. While the trigger was a case of police brutality, what were the root causes of the violence? Can it happen again? Have the devastated communities truly risen from the ashes? What has Los Angeles learned from that tragic experience? This is the first hour of a two-hour special radio panel airing from the studios of KPFK, Pacifica Radio, in Los Angeles, in simulcast with the Radio Bilingüe network.
Guests: Manuel Criollo, Director of Organizing, Labor/Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles, CA; Yongho Kim, Korean Resource Center; Scarlett de León, Representative, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance; Jorge González, Civil Rights Attorney, National Lawyers Guild/Mexican American Political Association; Reina Villatoro, Community Worker, Community Coalition; Abraham Torres, Photographer and Eyewitness; Alex Sánchez, Executive Director, Homies Unidos, Los Angeles, CA.
Photo: placesjournal.org
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