Brenda Stevenson, professor of history and chair of the UCLA Afro-American Studies Program, as well as author, editor and recognized authority on African-American history and Southern history, slavery and women has published a book: "The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender and the Origins of the LA Riots”.
The book, to be published July 23 by Oxford University Press, presents the definitive history of the Harlins case, which resulted in a felony manslaughter conviction but no jail time for the middle-aged female Korean shopkeeper who on March 16, 1991, shot the 15-year-old Harlins in the back of the head after a scuffle.
To read more, see this.
The book, to be published July 23 by Oxford University Press, presents the definitive history of the Harlins case, which resulted in a felony manslaughter conviction but no jail time for the middle-aged female Korean shopkeeper who on March 16, 1991, shot the 15-year-old Harlins in the back of the head after a scuffle.
To read more, see this.
