1992 Remembered
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1992 Remembered
1992 Remembered: Apocalypse Freeway
by Steven Mikulan on
What I mostly remember about the riots is the smell of an urban fire – not the consoling, woody scent that wafts from a … read more.
1992 Remembered: The School of Life
by Flor Barajas-Tena on
Ralphs had already left my neighborhood in Gardena -- known as one of the most diverse cities in L.A. County -- at the time … read more.
1992 Remembered: Why Los Angeles Had to Burn
by Kokayi Kwa Jitahidi on
April 29, 1992. For me, at the time an 11-year-old Black child living in a low-income section of Long Beach, that date represents more … read more.
1992 Remembered: Prophets and Prisoners of War
by Steven Mikulan on
Ruben Martinez is a professor of literature and writing at Loyola Marymount University; his most recent book, Desert America: Boom and Bust in the … read more.
1992 Remembered: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
by Madeline Janis on
What do I most remember about the uprising of ’92? That certain feeling of powerlessness. I have so many vivid memories: People swarming the … read more.
1992 Remembered: From Inglewood to Brentwood
by Erin Aubry Kaplan on
(Editor's Note: Frying Pan News continues its series about the 1992 unrest with this account told to us by Erin Aubry Kaplan.) I was … read more.
1992 Remembered: A Death in the Family
by Jackie Cornejo on
(Editor's Note: This post first appeared on Dr. Pop.) On April 27, 1992, my mother had to make probably one of the most difficult … read more.
1992 Remembered: Driving Into the Wreck
by Rev. Jim Conn on
It was a Wednesday night and my son was watching the news on TV in his room while I fixed dinner. “Dad,” he called … read more.
1992 Remembered: Burn, Maybe Burn?
by Guest Feature on
(Our coverage of Los Angeles’ 1992 civil unrest continues with this post by Martín Hernandez, a former Bus Riders Union organizer, L.A. Weekly theater … read more.
1992 Remembered: A Photographer Follows the Smoke
by Guest Feature on
(Photographer Ted Soqui's account of the 1992 events, as told to Frying Pan News, appears below. He covered the violence for the L.A. Weekly … read more.
1992 Remembered: The Artist’s Story
by Steven Mikulan on
This month Frying Pan News presents personal stories of L.A.'s April 29-May 4, 1992 explosion. These recollections do not represent the point of view … read more.
1992 Remembered: The Ecology of Riot
by Judith Lewis Mernit on
This month Frying Pan News is presenting personal stories of the April 29-May 4, 1992 explosion, an event that has been called everything from … read more.
1992 Remembered: Mike Davis’ Tale of Two Riots
by Guest Feature on
This month Frying Pan News is presenting personal stories of the April 29-May 4, 1992 explosion that has been called everything from a riot … read more.
1992 Remembered: Hold the Flak Vest
by Guest Feature on
Twenty years ago Los Angeles exploded in a confusing nightmare of violence, triggered by the jury acquittal of four police officers accused of beating … read more.
