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The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption by Rodney King: Used

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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Publication Date
2012-04-24
Pages
256
ISBN
0062194437
Book Title
Riot Within : My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2012
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Rodney King, Lawrence J. Spagnola
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Law Enforcement, Black Studies (Global), Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Violence in Society, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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On a dark street, what began as a private moment between a citizen and the police became a national outrage. Rodney Glen King grew up in the Altadena Pasadena section of Los Angeles with four siblings, a loving mother, and an alcoholic father. Soon young Rodney followed in Dad's stumbling steps, beginning a lifetime of alcohol abuse. King had been drinking the night of March 3, 1991, when he engaged in a high-speed chase with the LAPD, who finally pulled him over. What happened next shocked the nation. A group of officers brutally beat King with their metal batons, Tasered and kicked him into submission-all caught on videotape by a nearby resident. The infamous Rodney King Incident was born when this first instance of citizen surveillance revealed a shocking moment of police brutality, a horrific scene that stunned and riveted the nation via the evening news. Racial tensions long smoldering in L.A. ignited into a firestorm thirteen months later when four white officers were acquitted by a mostly white jury. Los Angeles was engulfed in flames as people rioted in the streets. More than fifty people were dead, hundreds were hospitalized, and countless homes and businesses were destroyed. King's plaintive question, "Can we all just get along" became a sincere but haunting plea for reconciliation that reflected the heartbreak and despair caused by America's racial discord in the early 1990s. While Rodney King is now an icon, he is by no means an angel. King has had run-ins with the law and continues a lifelong struggle with alcohol addiction. But King refuses to be bitter about the crippling emotional and physical damage that was inflicted upon him that night in 1991. While this nation has made strides during those twenty years to heal, so has Rodney King, and his inspiring story can teach us all lessons about forgiveness, redemption, and renewal, both as individuals and as a nation.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062194437
ISBN-13
9780062194435
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112671650

Product Key Features

Book Title
Riot Within : My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Law Enforcement, Black Studies (Global), Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Violence in Society, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
Author
Rodney King, Lawrence J. Spagnola
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
23
Lccn
2012-002474
Target Audience
Trade
LeafCats
378
Dewey Decimal
979.4053092
Lc Classification Number
E185.97.K595a3 2012
Copyright Date
2012

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