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Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire Audiobook, by Paula Yoo Play Audiobook Sample

Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire Audiobook

Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire Audiobook, by Paula Yoo Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Kevin R. Free Publisher: Recorded Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798892735025

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

18

Longest Chapter Length:

45:21 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

31 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

24:24 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Paula Yoo’s latest is a compelling, nuanced account of Los Angeles’s 1992 uprising and its impact on its Korean

and Black American communities.

On April 29, 1992, following the acquittal of four police officers charged with the beating and arrest of Rodney

King and the earlier killing of teenager Latasha Harlins, the city of Los Angeles erupted in violence. Many

of these events were centered on the city’s Koreatown, where tensions between the Black and Korean

American communities had simmered for years, fueled by economic challenges and redlining and enflamed

by sensationalized and racist media. Based on more than 100 personal interviews, Rising from the Ashes

follows these events through the eyes and experiences of the families of King, Harlins, shooting victim Edward

Jae Song Lee, and dozens of business owners, journalists, police officers, firefighters, activists, and other

community members. Deeply researched and compulsively readable, this is a vivid, propulsive, and moving

story of a pivotal moment in recent American history that continues to resonate today.

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About Paula Yoo

Paula Yoo is the author of several books for children. Her debut young-adult nonfiction book, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry, won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, was a finalist for the National Book Award and YALSA Book Award, and was named a best book of the year by Time magazine, the Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and more.  

About Kevin R. Free

Kevin R. Free is an audiobook narrator and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and several AudioFile best narrations of the year selections. Known for his work with young-adult novels, he has read titles by Rick Riordan, Walter Dean Myers, and Joe Haldeman. In 2011 he was named a Best Voice in Young Adult and Fantasy from AudioFile magazine for his narration of Myers’ The Cruisers: Checkmate.