{"id":149,"date":"2022-03-18T05:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2022-04-30T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:25:23","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>#kt-layout-id_d12207-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_d12207-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_d12207-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:90%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_d12207-e5 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_d12207-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_d12207-e5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_d12207-e5\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_d12207-e5\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_a15863-db{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_a15863-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_a15863-db\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">K.W. (Kyung Won) Lee and <em>The Korea Times<\/em> English Edition <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Often referred to as the &#8220;godfather of Asian American journalism,&#8221; K.W. Lee is an award-winning journalist who remains an important voice in Asian America almost 70 years after he began his career.  K. W. Lee was the editor of <em>The Korea Times<\/em> English Edition (KTEE) when Sa I Gu erupted. KTEE was an important outlet transmitting Korean American perspectives on the Los Angeles Civil Unrest to the English speaking public. Lee was vocal in his criticism of mainstream media that painted the unrest as a &#8220;Black-Korean conflict&#8221; rather than spotlighting historic and structural problems of racism, poverty and policing.  To this day, he exemplifies the fierce pursuit of truth and justice through the power of the pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_80ccb7-7e\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_4de672-58{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_4de672-58 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_4de672-58\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline is-animated\" data-animation=\"slideInSides\" data-filling=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline__line\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline__bar has-background has-theme-palette-2-background-color\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1950<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the age of 21, K.W. Lee arrives in the United States as a student. He believed he would return to Korea to help run an English newspaper in the post Korean War era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/KWLee1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/KWLee1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/KWLee1-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.wvu.edu\/stories\/2017\/07\/18\/truth-justice-and-karma-the-life-of-the-godfather-of-asian-american-journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WVU Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1950<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1950s <\/strong><br><strong>Kingsport, Tennessee<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee begins working as a reporter for a local newspaper in Kingsport, Tennessee, reporting on Jim Crow issues in the South.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1950s <\/strong><br><strong>Kingsport, Tennessee<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>Charleston, West Virginia<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee becomes a cub reporter for the <em>Charleston Gazette<\/em>, reporting on coal miners who were suffering from Black Lung Disease in the Appalachia in West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLee_1969_WV-950x1024.jpg\" alt=\"K.W. Lee 1969\" class=\"wp-image-2148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLee_1969_WV-950x1024.jpg 950w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLee_1969_WV-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLee_1969_WV-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLee_1969_WV-1425x1536.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLee_1969_WV.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption><br>K.W. Lee in 1969, reporting on daily accounts of a West Virginia family\u2019s life on isolated Doctors Creek.  <br><br><em>Photo Credit:  Courtesy of K.W. Lee<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>Charleston, West Virginia<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 30, 1968<\/strong><br><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 into law, effectively eliminating all immigration quotas per country and opening the process for the immigration of thousands of Asian immigrants into the U.S. Between 1965 and 1980, a total of 299,000 Koreans immigrated to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"359\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/1965_PresJohnson-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/1965_PresJohnson-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/1965_PresJohnson-1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit:  <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.archives.gov\/id\/2803428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Archives<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 30, 1968<\/strong><br><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1960s <\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean immigrants begin to settle in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles, opening businesses and buying\/renting homes in the area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1960s <\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>August 11 &#8211; August 16, 1965<br>Watts, Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The beating of Black motorist Marquette Frye by Los Angeles Police Department officers sparks the Watts Riots, a mass uprising of Black Americans in the Watts neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>August 11 &#8211; August 16, 1965<br>Watts, Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>August 24, 1965<br>California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eight days after the Watts Riots, Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown assembles the McCone Commission, launching an inquiry into the riots and its causes to ensure another riot does not happen again.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>August 24, 1965<br>California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>July 28, 1967<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Lyndon B. Johnson commissions the &#8220;National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,&#8221; better known as the Kerner Commission, to investigate the causes of multiple &#8220;race riots&#8221; that took place across the country in the summer of 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tile.loc.gov\/storage-services\/service\/pnp\/ds\/08000\/08051r.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loc.gov\/pictures\/resource\/ds.08051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library of Congress<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>July 28, 1967<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>October 1968<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Kerner Commission releases their report, citing racism by whites as the reason for unrest that took place in the summer of 1967. The Commission reports that \u201cwhite society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>October 1968<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1970<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Richard Nixon declares the &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; and Congress passes the &#8220;Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.&#8221; It would later be revealed in a 2016 <em>Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em> interview with a former Nixon aide that the War on Drugs was a strategic initiative to criminalize participants in the Anti-War and Black Power movements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1970<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1977<br>Sacramento, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee, as a reporter for the <em>Sacramento Union<\/em>, reports on the wrongful conviction of Korean American Chol Soo Lee in the murder of Yip Yee Tak, a San Francisco Chinatown gang leader. K.W. Lee spearheads the pan-Asian movement to free him from prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/KWLee_CHoiSooLee_KWLeeCenter.jpg\" alt=\"K.W. Lee &amp; Chol Soo Lee\" class=\"wp-image-2113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/KWLee_CHoiSooLee_KWLeeCenter.jpg 650w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/KWLee_CHoiSooLee_KWLeeCenter-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwleecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">K.W. Lee Center for Leadership<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1977<br>Sacramento, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1979<br>Sacramento, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thanks to the organizing work of K.W. Lee and the Free Chol Soo Lee Movement, a Sacramento Superior Court Judge grants Chol Soo Lee a retrial.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1979<br>Sacramento, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1979<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee becomes the editor-publisher for the English language local newspaper, <em>Koreatown Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1979<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1970s, 1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Black unemployment and poverty in South Central L.A. rise as major employment centers for blue-collar workers close.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1970s, 1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Ronald Reagan makes significant cuts to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) spending and gives states the option of requiring welfare recipients to participate in workfare programs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Latino population begins to rise in South Central Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean Americans begin to purchase local businesses in predominantly Black neighborhoods like South Central. Many become owners of grocery stores, liquor stores, and gas stations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As poverty and unemployment issues worsen in South Central, the crack cocaine epidemic begins to sweep the area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1980s<br>South Central Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1982<br>Koreatown, Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first &#8220;Koreatown&#8221; public sign is posted on the 10 Freeway near the Normandie Avenue Exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/koreatown_sign_videocapture-1024x572.png\" alt=\"Koreatown Sign\" class=\"wp-image-2423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/koreatown_sign_videocapture-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/koreatown_sign_videocapture-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/koreatown_sign_videocapture-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/koreatown_sign_videocapture-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/koreatown_sign_videocapture-2048x1144.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/seoulofla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SeoulofLA.com<\/a>; Hi-Duk Lee<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1982<br>Koreatown, Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1982<br>Sacramento, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the retrial of Chol Soo Lee in the murder of Yip Yee Tak, Lee is acquitted of all chargers and freed from prison.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1982<br>Sacramento, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1986<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Ronald Reagan signs the Anti-Drug Abuse Act into law, establishing mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain drug offenses. This law was later heavily criticized as having racist ramifications because it allocated longer prison sentences for offenses involving the same amount of crack cocaine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1986<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>January 1990<br>Flatbush, New York<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Flatbush, New York, an eighteen-month boycott against Korean-owned Family Red Apple grocery store begins after the shopkeeper allegedly assaulted a Haitian woman in the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"449\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/timeline_flatbush.jpg\" alt=\"Flashbush Impact\" class=\"wp-image-2116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/timeline_flatbush.jpg 834w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/timeline_flatbush-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/timeline_flatbush-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><figcaption>Kim, Sophia Kyung and Hwangbo, Kim, \u201cFlatbush impact nationwide: KAGRO convention focuses on Korean\/black relations,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1990-10-17, 1, 14. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Flatbush_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>January 1990<br>Flatbush, New York<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Korea Times<\/em> begins publishing an English edition of its newspaper with K.W. Lee as editor-in-chief.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1990<\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission forms The Los Angeles Black-Korean Alliance to address growing Black-Korean tensions in South Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2_1-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"Black Korean Alliance\" class=\"wp-image-2119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2_1-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2_1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2_1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2_1-1536x896.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2_1.jpg 1669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kim, Sophia Kyung, \u201cBlack-Korean Alliance rates media coverage: <em>LA Times<\/em> accused of pitting one race against another,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1990-11-28, 1, 15. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_Black_Korean_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1990<\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>December 26, 1990<\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">K.W. Lee shares his reflection on Korean businesses in <em>The Korea Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cTo live and die in America\u2013 the urban trenches,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1990-12-26, 7. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/LeeKW_ToLive_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>December 26, 1990<\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>March 3, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Home video recording captures Rodney King, Jr., a Black motorist, being brutally beaten by four LAPD officers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>March 3, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>March 16, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A 15-year-old Black girl, Latasha Harlins, is shot in the back and killed by Korean shopowner Soon Ja Du after a scuffle ensued over whether or not Harlins was trying to shoplift a bottle of orange juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cLearn, Baby, Learn: Lessons from Latasha Harlin&#8217;s tragedy,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-03-27, 7. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/LeeKW_LearnBaby_6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>March 16, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>March 17, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Black-Korean Alliance and Korean American community leaders release letters attempting to address anger in the Black community towards Koreans over the death of Latasha Harlins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">\u201cStatement of African American and Korean American community leaders,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-03-27, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Statement_AA_KA_5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">\u201cStatement of Korean American community leaders on the death of Latasha Harlins,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-03-27, 7. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Various_Statement_7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>March 17, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mayor Tom Bradley launches the Christopher Commission, headed by attorney Warren Christopher, to conduct a \u201ca full and fair examination of the structure and operation of the LAPD.\u201d In their final report, the Commission would find that \u201ca significant number of officers in the LAPD who repetitively use excessive force against the public and persistently ignore the written guidelines of the department regarding force.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 2, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">K.W. Lee&#8217;s interview with Edward Chang in <em>The Korea Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cFire next time?: Edward Chang reflects on the black-Korean Conflict,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-06-02, 6. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/LeeKW_Fire_Edward_12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 2, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 4, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lee Arthur Mitchell, a Black man, is killed by Korean liquor store owner Tae Sam Park in a dispute over payment of a wine cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Fruto Reyes, Richard, \u201cDA calls Mitchell case \u2018clearly justifiable homicide\u2019: Urging Koreans, blacks to fight crime, not each other,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-07-14, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Fruto_DAMitchell_18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 4, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 9, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee&#8217;s interview with Edward Chang in <em>The Korea Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cFire next time?: Failure of selfish Korean elite,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-06-09, 6. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Lee_FireFailure_13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 9, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>November 15, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Soon Ja Du is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Latasha Harlins. She is sentenced to 5-year probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $500 fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Fruto, Richard Reyes, \u201cSoon Ja Du sentencing: Outcry over no jail term,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-11-25, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Fruto_Outcry_28.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cAn American Passage: Latasha becomes part of our collective conscience,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1991-11-25, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Lee_AnAmerican_29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>November 15, 1991<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>February 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance is founded, their first campaign would come after Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest, fighting for compensation for workers who were impacted by the destruction of their workplaces.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>February 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-3-color\">SA I GU \/ APRIL 29, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-3-color\">The four officers charged in the beating of Rodney King were acquitted on all charges against them, setting off unrest and fervor across South Central, beginning Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"237\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/RodneyKingVideo350-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/RodneyKingVideo350-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/RodneyKingVideo350-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit: George Holliday<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-3-color\">SA I GU \/ APRIL 29, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 30, 1992<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>National news coverage of Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest depict Korean Americans defending their stores from looters, wielding guns atop building roofs and in parking lots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Security guard and armed volunteers guard California market\" class=\"wp-image-666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-8-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-8.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Security guard and armed volunteers guard California market from approaching looters in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California on April 30, 1992 during the second day of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.<br><br><em>Photo Credit: \u00a9Hyungwon Kang\/Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 30, 1992<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 30, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Edward Song Lee, a Korean American protecting Korean-owned store from looters, is caught in a confused crossfire with LAPD and is shot and killed. He is the sole Korean American fatality during the unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Fruto, Richard Reyes, \u201cKA fatality during four-day riot: Community mourns for Edward Lee,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-05-11, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Fruto_Community_36.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Fruto, Richard Reyes, \u201cMistaken identity cause in Edward Lee Death,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-05-18, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Fruto_Mistaken_43.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 30, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 2, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>30,000 Korean Americans march through Koreatown calling for LAPD to be held accountable for their absence during the unrest and for peace in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-53-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"People march calling for peace in Koreatown, Los Angeles\" class=\"wp-image-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-53-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-53-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-53-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-53-1536x967.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/03\/4.29riots-for-UCLA-53.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>People march, calling for peace in Koreatown, during Sa I Gu, May 2, 1992.<br><br><em>Photo Credit: \u00a9Hyungwon Kang\/Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 2, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 5, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Korea Times<\/em> reports that 1,867 Korean American owned businesses were destroyed during the unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"495\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_1867.jpg\" alt=\"1867\" class=\"wp-image-2137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_1867.jpg 790w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_1867-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_1867-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption>Kim, Dexter H., \u201c1,867 KA store owners suffer heaviest toll,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-05-11, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_1867_34.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 5, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 6, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean American attorney and advocate Angela Oh appears on the television program &#8220;Nightline&#8221; to discuss Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest&#8217;s impact on the Korean American community, making her one of the most prominent Korean American leaders and spokespersons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 6, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 11, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee writes editorial on Sa I Gu in <em>The Korea Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cNever again,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-05-11, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Lee_NeverAgain_35.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 11, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 18, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> reports that 51% of people arrested during Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest were Latino.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 18, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992<\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean American Bar Association organizes legal clinics to provide pro bono legal services to Korean American businesses impacted by Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992<\/strong><br><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mayor Tom Bradley announces the formation of a new organization, Rebuild LA. The organization is tasked to facilitate the regrowth of South Central and the local economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"539\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_Bradley.jpg\" alt=\"Bradley\" class=\"wp-image-2140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_Bradley.jpg 699w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_Bradley-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><figcaption>Fruto, Richard Reyes and Chung, Gloria, \u201cBradley and Holden pledge support for KA merchants,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-07-13, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Fruto_Bradley_58.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>October 15, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean Youth Center changes its name to Korean Youth and Community Center to reflect the community organizing work they were involved in after Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest and their dedication to serving a broader community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>October 15, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>November 16, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Black-Korean Alliance disbands due to stagnant efforts at improving Black-Korean relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_BKAends-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"BKA Ends\" class=\"wp-image-2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_BKAends-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_BKAends-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_BKAends-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_BKAends-1536x966.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_BKAends.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Kim, Sophia Kyung, \u201cBKA Ends six years in urban trenches: Black-Korean Alliance dissolves; former members say needs outstripped group\u2019s limited resources,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-12-09, 1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Kim_BKA_66.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>November 16, 1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee is one of 13 individuals honored by the L.A. County Human Relations Commission. He was recognized for &#8220;promoting intergroup relations, through journalism and through community involvement, using genuine portrayals of real people to foster genuine understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"722\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLhonored.jpg\" alt=\"K.W. Lee Honored\" class=\"wp-image-2151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLhonored.jpg 900w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLhonored-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_KWLhonored-768x616.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Lee, K.W., \u201cAwards speech calls for mutual survival: Resurrection of the City of Angels,\u201d <em>Korea Times English Edition<\/em>, 1992-10-13, 6. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Lee_Resurrection_65.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992+<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Community Coalition, a Black and Latino non-profit organization, leads efforts in South Central to block the rebuilding of liquor stores in the area. Local residents claimed that liquor stores were a detriment to public health in South Central.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992+<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The City of Los Angeles imposes restrictions on the rebuilding of liquor stores in South Central to address public health concerns believed to be caused by the high density of liquor stores in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1992<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 10, 1993<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean American business owners file suit against the City of Los Angeles for restrictive policies on the rebuilding of their businesses in <em>Korean American Legal Advocacy Fund v. City of Los Angeles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>May 10, 1993<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 25, 1997<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Korean Youth and Community Center, the Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates, and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center hosted the first National Korean American Studies Conference to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Los Angeles Civil Unrest of 1992. K.W. Lee delivers the keynote address.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 25, 1997<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 14, 1997<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Clinton announces One America in the 21st Century: The President&#8217;s Initiative on Race. Angela Oh, a prominent Korean American lawyer who was active during Sa I Gu\/Civil Unrest, is the sole Asian American member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_OhAngela_OneAmerica-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"One America\" class=\"wp-image-2157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_OhAngela_OneAmerica-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_OhAngela_OneAmerica-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_OhAngela_OneAmerica-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Timeline_OhAngela_OneAmerica.jpg 1218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit:  <a href=\"https:\/\/clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Archives<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>June 14, 1997<br>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1999<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee shares his reflection on Sa I Gu in <em>Amerasia Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., &#8220;Legacy of Sa-ee-gu: Goodby Hahn, Good Morning, Community Conscience,\u201d <em>Amerasia Journal<\/em> 25, no. 2 (1999): 42-64. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/AJv25n2_Lee_Legacy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>1999<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2001<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee shares his reflection on the death of Eddie Lee in <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee, K. W., \u201cWho Killed Eddie Lee?.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 12, no. 4 (April 2001): 26-29. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=4035aa3f-2911-4de0-bf74-29340adcc0e8\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2001<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2002<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee and Julie Ha writes about their Sa I Gu project in <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K. W., and Ha, Julie, \u201cVoices of the Children of 4-29.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 18-20. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=7f06ab50-bc9c-4430-a385-b7970f135eb1\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2002<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2002<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee shares his reflection on Sa I Gu, 10th Anniversary, in <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K. W., \u201cSa-I-Gu: A Haunting Prelude to the Fire Next Time.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 26-29. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=7f06ab50-bc9c-4430-a385-b7970f135eb1\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2002<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>2003<br>Koreatown, Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwleecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">K.W. Lee Center for Leadership<\/a> is founded to provide &#8220;youth with the tools and opportunities necessary to become future leaders. The Center offers youth leadership training and educational programs that encourage community organizing. The mission of the Center is to teach and train youth to take proactive steps towards improving and enriching the quality of life in their communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/15209f_6c1cc63ae4084f42b4a44c8f7da763d0~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1750,h_1313,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/20130722_163014.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Photo Credit:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwleecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">K.W. Lee Center for Leadership<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>2003<br>Koreatown, Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2005<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee shares his reflection on Sa I Gu, 13th Anniversary, in <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K. W., \u201cIt&#8217;s that Awful d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu Time Again.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 16, no. 4 (April 2005): 88-89.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=b1175275-2fcd-4cd5-a175-35cada957052\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2005<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2007<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>K.W. Lee shares his reflection on lingering issues of Sa I Gu, 15th Anniversary, in <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K. W., \u201cThe 1% Factor.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 76-78.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=2c9d8860-5a17-4ce6-80bf-aec2f8d66e34\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K. W., \u201cThe Sa-I-Gu Truth and Redress Quest.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 80.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=2c9d8860-5a17-4ce6-80bf-aec2f8d66e34\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2007<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2012<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Respected veteran journalist K.W. Lee, long dubbed Korean America&#8217;s community conscience, tasks the grandchildren of 4.29 with their generational mission in <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K. W., \u201cIf You Don&#8217;t Speak Up, Who Else Will?&#8217;.\u201d <em>KoreAm Journal<\/em> 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 50-53.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite.com\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;edid=3753a052-88e8-4b71-b1a8-2a352375080d\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_openwindow.png\" alt=\"External Link Icon\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>April 2012<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafaee\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__mobile-meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>2012<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>UCLA Asian American Studies Center&#8217;s <em>Amerasia Journal<\/em> publishes <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/resources\/amerasia-journal\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1704\">Los Angeles Since 1992: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Uprising <\/a>a collection of articles and writings reflecting on the legacies and impact of the L.A. Uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/aj.v038.i01.cover_.jpg\" alt=\"Amerasia Journal\" class=\"wp-image-1739\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.85em\">Lee, K.W., \u201cThe Fire Next Time?: Ten Haunting Questions Cry Out for Answers and Redress,\u201d <em>Amerasia Journal<\/em> 38, no. 1 (2012): 84-90.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/AJv38n1_Lee_Fire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.aasc.ucla.edu\/saigu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/icon_PDFDownload.png\" alt=\"Download Article PDF\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; height: 30px; width: auto;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point\" data-point-color=\"#215387\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__point-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta\"><p class=\"wp-block-getwid-content-timeline-item__meta-content\"><strong>2012<br>Los Angeles, California<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K.W. 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