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Latasha Harlins and the LA Riots (1991)

Published: March 15, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s March 15th. On March 16th, 1991, a young girl, Latasha Harlins, was killed by a shopkeeper in South Central Los Angeles.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how Harlins\\u2019s death led to outrage in the Black community in LA, inflamed Korean-American and African-American tensions, and eventually fed into the riots and violence around the Rodney King beating.

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