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On this episode of History of the 90's we look back at the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the various factors that led to the largest and most violent case of civil unrest in United States history.\nThe acquittal of four police officers in connection with the brutal video taped beating of Rodney King wasn\u2019t the only reason people went into the streets of South L.A. looting and burning buildings over a six day period in April 92.\xa0\nThe Black community was also reeling from a judges\u2019 decision not to send a Korean shopkeeper to jail in connection with the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins.\xa0Plus, South L.A., which was 50 percent Black in the early 90s was hit hard by unemployment, gang violence and the crack epidemic.\xa0As you\u2019ll hear in this episode. the conditions were ripe for unrest.\nA note on sources:\nThe information in this podcast about the timeline of events at the intersection of Florence and Normandie was based on reporting in a 1998 article by The Washington Post.\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/01/26/worlds-collide-at-florence-and-normandie/5bfed605-0da1-4bfd-b69f-bc1cef8b7cc8/\nContact:\xa0\nTwitter: @1990shistory\nFacebook: @1990shistory\nInstagram: @that90spodcast\nEmail:\xa090s@curiouscast.ca\nGuest:\nBrenda Stevenson, Professor of African American Studies at UCLA. Author of The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender and the Origins of the L.A. Riots\nhttps://www.drbrendastevenson.com/\nRyan Gattis, author of All Involved\nhttps://ryangattis.com/\nTwitter: @ryan_Gattis\nFor exclusive bonus content subscribe to History of the 90s Patreon page.: https://patreon.com/historyofthe90s\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices