The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots(Stevenson, BH) Section- Historical fiction A Great and Good Man

A Great and Good Man should be in the library of every Lincoln and Civil War enthusiast

and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850

and the NCR was one of the routes used by his funeral train to travel from Washington to his burial place in Springfield

housing extensive research from letters

Lauren Reese (illustrator)

The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots(Stevenson, BH) Section- Historical fiction A Great and Good Manby Brenda Stevenson Helicopters patrolled low over the city, filming blocks of burning cars and buildings, mobs breaking into storefronts, and the vicious beating of truck driver Reginald Denny. For a week in April 1992, Los Angeles transformed into a cityscape of rage, purportedly due to the exoneration of four policemen who had beaten Rodney King. It should be no surprise that such intense anger erupted from something deeper than a single incident.