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Los Angeles Webster Commission records
Collection
Identifier: 0244
Abstract
On April 29, 1992, the city of Los Angeles erupted into riots after four LAPD officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King were acquitted of all criminal charges. The effects were catastrophic; in total, the chaos persisted for six days and resulted in 58 deaths, 2,383 injuries, and nearly a billion dollars in property damage. The extent of the human and material losses incurred from the riots, coupled with intense public scrutiny of the LAPD, led the Los Angeles Board of Police...
Dates:
1931 - 1992; Majority of material found within
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Kendall O. Price Los Angeles Riots records
Collection
Identifier: 7019
Abstract
Kendall O. Price, a faculty member of the School of Public Administration at USC in the 1960s, organized with his colleagues a non-profit corporation called Public Executive Development and Research (PEDR) and worked closely with the School of Public Administration. They conducted two seminars and a conference which led to the Critique of the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots. The seminars dealt with issues in the African-American community and included grass roots leaders...
Dates:
1965 - 1967
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Watts Riots records
Collection
Identifier: 0084
Abstract
Final report (1965) of the Governor's Commission on the Watts Riots.
Dates:
1965
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections