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Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Also called the Los Angeles Riots.

670 __ |a News One, April 29, 2013: |b (Rodney King Riots in Los Angeles began on this day in 1992) 670 __ |a Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2012: |b (Rodney King riots anniversary) 670 __ |a Los Angeles Times, April 4, 1012: |b (Photos: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots) 670 __ |a Encyclopedia Britannica online, 2013: |b (Los Angeles Riots of 1992) 670 __ |a Wall, Brenda. The Rodney King Rebellion, 1992: |b (The Rodney King Rebellion) 670 __ |a Wikipedia, Dec. 18, 2013: |b 1992 Los Angeles Riots (The 1992 Los Angeles Riots, also called the Rodney King Riots, the South Central Riots, and the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Disturbance) 670 __ |a Google, March 5, 2014: |b ("Rodney King Riots" 1992: 299,000 hits; "Los Angeles Riots: 1992: 170,000 hits; "South Central Riots" 1992: 11,000 hits "Los Angeles Civil Disturbance" 1992: 152,000 hits)

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National Guard troops, 1992-05-15

 File — Box 12: Series SC003-01
Identifier: SC003_012_00731
Scope and Contents

[Envelope contains images of local National Guard troops coming home from the Los Angeles Riots of April and May, 1992. The riots were precipitated by the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers for using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King. Unknown if images were published in the newspaper.]

Dates: Other: 1992-05-15