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Roof Koreans: How Civilians Defended Koreatown from Racist Violence During the 1992 LA Riots

August 11, 2020

On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast, Dan and Sam discuss the Korean Americans that defended their Koreatown businesses during the 1992 LA riots.

The riots of the spring of 2020 are far from without precedent in the United States. Indeed, they seem to happen once a generation at least. The 1992 Los Angeles Riots are such an example of these “generational riots.” And while most people know about the riots, less known were the phenomenon of the so-called “Roof Koreans.”


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