The Los Angeles Uprising erupted on April 29, 1992. The event is referred to in Korean as Sa I Gu (literally 4-2-9) to indicate April 29. Shown in this image is a corner shopping center during the burning of Koreatown on the third day of the Uprising.
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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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