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Rodney King, 20 years after L.A.'s riots
In 21 years, his name has appeared in the Los Angeles Times on more than 7,000 occasions. Sometimes it's as himself, Rodney King, the victim of now-fabled LAPD abuse the world got to see, the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit, the hapless guy getting stopped...
Tags: Lawyers, Reginald Denny, Civil Rights, Los Angeles Police Department, Arts and Culture
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IGNORE THIS, IT'S FAKE
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to no one, it was announced Monday. The Pulitzer judges did reveal that three books had been named finalists, but declined to award one the prize. The three finalists were "Train Dreams" by Denis Johnson,...
Tags: Journalism, Judges, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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This week in L.A.: Times Book Prizes, festival highlight active week
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No fiction award by Pulitzer Prize judges in 2012
Jacket CopyThe 2012 judges of the Pulitzer Prize have declined to award the prize to a work of fiction, although they have announced the three finalists. It has been 35 years since the last prize did not go awarded.... -
For black parents in Pasadena, shootings give fresh relevance to 'The Talk'
When Martin A. Gordon talks to his 19-year-old son about the history of race relations in America, he invokes the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King Jr.and the watershed moments of the civil rights era. It's a story of hard-won rights that fills the '60s-...Tags: Culture, NAACP, Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Remembering Mike Wallace
Show TrackerVeteran broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, who found his way into the homes of millions of people through his many years on CBS' "60 Minutes," died Saturday night at the age of 93.... -
Mike Wallace dies at 93; '60 Minutes' pioneer
As the self-described "black hat" of television's premier newsmagazine "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace crafted a persona of a probing reporter known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant guests on the program.
Beginning in 1968, as one of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Concerts, 60 Minutes (tv program), Burt Lancaster, Steve Kroft
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PASSINGS: Michael Davis, Dick Anthony Williams, Ric Waite
Michael Davis Bassist for rock band MC5 Michael Davis, 68, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, died Friday of liver failure at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., said his wife, Angela Davis. The Motor City Five, later known as MC5,...
Tags: Polio, Drama (genre), New York City Police Department, Celebrities, Obituaries
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A very rough road for community college students
Foster Washington knows the odds are against him. The Los Angeles Southwest College student is a 20-year-old from a tough neighborhood in Watts where, he says, there was little encouragement or preparation for college.
Recent studies suggest that...Tags: Culture, Science and Technology, Civil Rights, Clark Atlanta University, Graduation
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Barney Rosset dies at 89; publisher fought censorship
Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...Tags: NPR, Companies and Corporations, Edward Albee, Henry Miller, U.S. Supreme Court
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2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists announced
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Theater review: 'Fela!' at the Ahmanson Theatre
Culture MonsterCharles McNulty reviews "Fela!" at the Ahmanson Theatre...
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