Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old Black girl whose tragic shooting by a Korean American storekeeper in 1991 became a catalyst for racial tension and protests in Los Angeles. She has been memorialized in films, murals, literature, and more.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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