Across South L.A. and Koreatown, Angelenos commemorated the anniversary, recognizing the progress they’ve made and pledging more dialogue to bring people closer together.
For months, Hyepin Im thought about calling Shinese Harlins-Kilgore, but she couldn’t work up the courage.
“If our communities are to go together, I think we need to understand the context in which both our communities have also been the victims” of factors beyond their control, said Im, a Korean American community leader who is president and founder of Faith and Community Empowerment.At the Florence and Normandie event, Harlins-Kilgore presented a gift to Im: a T-shirt with a photo of Harlins.Across South L.A.
Bokjim Kim, left, and Starla Tartton, 67, dance together in Liberty Park located in the Koreatown neighborhood at on Friday, April 29, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. Asian and Black civil rights leaders unite for the event on Friday and present an outdoor, free public event in Koreatown to mark the 30th Anniversary of the LA Uprising honoring and remembering the Los Angeles civil unrest of 1992.
John Hope Bryant, the founder, chairman and CEO of Operation Hope, pointed to the diverse crowd on the bus, from Asian American community leaders such as Im to Black officials such as Michael Lawson, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League. Robert Sausedo, president and CEO of the South L.A. nonprofit Community Build, noted that his block has lost eight Black families in the last few years.
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