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Print In my joy and sorrow, I reread the Jan. 6, 1937, article printed in the Los Angeles Times, “Armenians Mourn Hero: Kerekin Manoukian, Idolized Leader Against Turkey, Dies Here.” Kerekin was my great-uncle who died before I was born, but his legacy and legend were passed down to me by my grandmother and mother, both immigrants from Van, Armenia. The article chronicles the unbelievable courage my uncle faced as a revolutionary leader against the Turkish oppression beginning in the early 1900s: “For years he was a thorn in the side of the Turkish Empire and had a price on his head.�...

Letters to the Editor: Finally, an end to a century of U.S. complicity in Armenian genocide denial © Provided by The LA Times People from the Armenian community celebrate President Biden's decision to formally recognize the Armenian genocide in Beverly Hills on April 24. (Los Angeles Times) In my joy and sorrow, I reread the Jan. 6, 1937, article printed in the Los Angeles Times, "Armenians Mourn Hero: Kerekin Manoukian, Idolized Leader Against Turkey, Dies Here." Kerekin was my great-uncle who died before I was born, but his legacy and legend were passed down to me by my grandmother and m...