Oct 9, 2017
CultureHOLIDAY: Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2017
#NeverForget
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CultureHOLIDAY: Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2017
#NeverForget
CultureLA: The Hollywood Sign
A view from behind.
CultureIMAGE: The Jacaranda Trees of L.A.
CultureHISTORY: The Los Angeles Uprising - 25th Anniversary (Pt. 2) - April 29, 2017
Photos and captions via the Los Angeles Times, LA Daily News, AP and CBS News. (Pt 1)
April 30, 1992 National Guardsman stands at alert near graffiti that spells out support for Rodney King.
Cornelius Pettus, owner of Payless market, throws a bucket of water on the flames at next-door business Ace Glass on 4/30/1992. Hyungwon Kang / Los Angeles Times.
Two Korean men stand on the roof of a grocery store with rifles to prevent looters from entering the store. April 30, 1992, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)
Tony Meeks, left, loads a pistol to help Norman Simples protect his store at Vermont and Manchester avenues while they wait for help from the National Guard on May 1, 1992.
An LAPD officer trains his weapon on men arrested for looting as a State Police officer handcuffs one of them on 5/1/1992 on Martin Luther King Blvd. near Vermont Avenue.
May 1, 1992 -- "Can't we all just get along?" - Rodney King meets the press outside his lawyer's office in Beverly Hills . King asked that the killing, looting and destruction that his case against the LAPD caused would stop.
"This man approached a line of police officers and gave them conciliatory words, telling them that they had no idea how angry the people in his community had become." - May 1, 1992. (Photo by John McCoy / Los Angeles Daily News)
Actor Edward James Olmos uses a dumpster and broom in an effort to start cleaning up in South Central Los Angeles on May 1, 1992. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)
Bobby Wade holds a sign asking for peace at the corner of Pico Blvd. and Fairfax on 5/1/1992.
CultureHISTORY: The Los Angeles Uprising - 25th Anniversary (Pt. 1) - April 29, 2017
Photos and captions via the Los Angeles Times, LA Daily News, AP and CBS News. (Pt. 2)
"We will not rest" A protestor at Parker Center. April 29, 1992
"Look what you created" - Shopping mall goes up in flames at the intersection of La Brea and Pico where someone with a spray can left a statement about violence. LA Times Photo Kirk McKoy
Sandra Evers-Manley, president of Beverly Hills-Hollywood chapter of NAACP, appears to be praying as building burns the first night of the riots. Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times
Fires rage on both sides of Western Avenue along Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood at about 6pm 4/30/1992. Ken Lubas / Los Angeles Times
A man flees from a looted sporting goods store at Vermont and 1st Street as LAPD officers arrive on April 30, 1992.
A National Guardsman stands guard in a burned out business area at Vermont Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, April 30, 1992 during the second day of rioting in the city. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
LA County Sheriffs surround alleged looters on Vermont at ML King Blvd. Taken 4/30/92 Photo/Art by Steve Dykes Los Angeles Times
An LAPD officer falls while chasing a suspected looter on Vermont near MLK Boulevard on April 30, 1992. The man was caught and subdued soon after. Steve Dykes / Los Angeles Times
LAPD officers stand guard as fire units battle a blaze near 19th Street and Adams Boulevard on April 30, 1992.
Kudos to @misterkeedy for his new human-hole cover for LA! (Now how do I get one on a plane??) Repost:Posted @withregram • @misterkeedy Thanks to Mayor Eric Garcetti @mayorofla and the LA Department of Cultural Affairs @culture_la l designed a new “decorative maintenance hole cover” that will be coming to a sidewalk near you soon! I Never imagined I would see my typeface cast in metal. #maintenancehole #culturela #cityofla #publicart https://www.instagram.com/p/CNwWYjABhj-/?igshid=1kgddvnc5wtsa
We are so excited to announce that we are recipients of a 2017 DCA grant! . . #Repost @culture_la ・・・ #DCAgrantee #cultureLA #clairobscurdance #dance #LA
CultureLA: *Worst* Traffic in America 2016
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