Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992

Scope and Contents This photograph album contains 220 black-and-white and color photographs, 9 postcards, and other ephemera belonging to Evelyn G. Patterson. Images in this album consist of portraits; photographs taken in front of homes and cars; images taken at birthday parties and holidays such as Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas; images taken at Disneyland, Rosarito Beach, Mexico and Hawaii on vacations; family and friends in St. Louis, MO.(1948) and Detroit, MI.(1950); images taken during the 1992 Los...

Abstract This collection contains articles, clippings, reports, newspapers, books, journal issues, notebooks, photographs, and media belonging to John C. Quicker, professor emeritus of Sociology at California State University Dominguez Hills. A majority of this collection consists of secondary research material collected by Quicker that relates to gangs. Also included are student notebooks, course materials, and student research collections of articles from Quicker's days as a professor; as well as...

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This collection contains material related to the Watts Rebellion, the Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles during 1965, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and also includes material regarding race, rioting, civil rights, activism, and poverty. A majority of this collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles; and also includes photographs, reports, and other material.