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Violent attacks against Asian American elders have left the community reeling, especially across Chinatowns from New York to San Francisco. Now they're looking for ways to protect themselves.
It was New Year’s Day 2021, and Latasha Harlins would have been celebrating her 45th birthday. The immense painting on the front of Algin Sutton Recreation Center — in a neighborhood that many locals still call South-Central L.A. — is the first public memorial to Latasha since she was fatally shot by a Korean-born merchant who’d accused her of stealing a bottle of orange juice. “For a long time, I couldn’t look at her picture,” said Ruth Harlins, 79, as she looked up at the vast image of her late granddaughter. She’d taken Latasha’s photos down in her home because they were...
UCLA Top row from left: Cheryl Keyes, Robin D.G. Kelley, Sarah Haley, Brenda Stevenson, Gaye Theresa Johnson. Bottom row from left: Kyle Mays, Karida Brown, Shana Redmond, Tananarive Due, Devon Carbado. Black History Month: A reading list of books by Black UCLA faculty These 10 titles include explorations of civil rights, jazz and rap, influential artists and writers and other topics Black History Month: A reading list of books by Black UCLA faculty These 10 titles include explorations of civil rights, jazz and rap, influential artists and writers and other topics UCLA Top row from left: Cher...