The Los Angeles Times

On April 29, 1992 South Central Los Angeles was lit with burning chaos. Rodney King, an African American male who was yet another the victim of Los Angeles police brutality, suffered a severe injustice. Injustices against blacks were not foreign in Los Angeles, California. The difference was that this time it was caught on camera and released to the public. The four police officers who were on trial for the unnecessary beating and brute violence against King was acquitted. All hell broke loose.…

Notorious B.I.G based off a true story about one of the greatest rappers of all the time Known for his birth name Christopher Wallace. Played by jamal woolard, awesome job acting like the real Christopher. A movie on how one man can change the the world by changing himself, how he goes from violent streets holding drugs and gangs transitioning into the being one of the greatest rappers alive. While Christopher was only 13 he was selling drugs on the corner of his block day and night no matter…

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Tonight, Kobe Bryant, the black mamba, bids farewell to the NBA. Thousands of fans will fill the Staples Center to bear witness to Kobe Bryant’s last game. Applauded as the greatest player of his generation Kobe’s record grants him the title Legend. His career has been one for the books and his accomplishments overwhelming. At just 17, the Charlotte Hornets drafted Bryant at the 1996 NBA draft when he joined the league right out of high school. He was traded to the Lakers…

"Boyz N the Hood" is depicted as an intense dramatization about experiencing childhood in Black Urban America. The film is situated around a gathering of youth companions experiencing childhood in a Los Angeles ghetto. This 1991 film compares to the 20th century; numerous youngsters who originate from ghetto neighborhoods are naturally put at a lower level than kids who are brought up in Suburban America. Experiencing childhood in Black Urban America prompts numerous youngsters being ignored and…

For the past decade the Sacramento Kings have been in the running for most dysfunctional NBA franchise. The New York Knicks have probably been their biggest competition for continually messing things up season after season and this offseason they conspired, in a way, to cross-contaminate their franchises. The 2016-17 NBA season was certainly one of transition for the Kings with the departure of Boogie Cousins and a full-fledged roster rebuild around young draft picks. Finishing the year giving…

affect the use of public space by standardizing who, when and where protests, art and many other social activities can occur. Visiting Broadway and Whittier Blvd. in Los Angeles gave me a broader view of how this urban space has been used to illustrate important events of Chicano community members. On my commute to downtown Los Angeles I experienced different emotions and visuals that defined the entrance into this urban space. From the moment I entered I noticed the heavy traffic that had to…

Bryant's first name comes from a type of steak his parents saw on a restaurant menu prior to his birth. Bryant’s father Joe Bryant was a professional basketball player. He played eight seasons in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego (now Los Angeles) Clippers, and Houston Rockets. Joe Bryant averaged 8.7 points and 4.0 per game rebounds during his career. Bryant first showed an interest in basketball at the age of…

writer/directors. His ability to direct was at first manifested in music videos, which eventually resulted in his collaboration with Michael Jackson and “Remember The Time” video. John`s first expression as an author of his visions, objectified in his debut film “Boyz N The Hood” (1991) an inner city drama depicting life in South Central Los Angeles, where the director grew up. As mentioned before, this resulted in Singleton being the first African American and youngest person to have ever been…

The definition of freedom of speech under the First Amendment is the ability for people to express their opinion freely without any consequences. It is supported by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment provides that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or the press. The free speech controversy that this paper will be about is the National Basketball Association vs Donald Sterling. Sterling said some racist remarks in the phone conversation with his…

during his summer breaks from school. He later cashed his checks as a pro athlete playing football for the Honolulu Bears and the Los Angeles Bulldogs and continued to nurture his interest in other sports right up until the start of his Major League Baseball career. Only a few months before breaking baseballs color barrier, he was playing pro basketball for the Los Angeles Red Devils. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Robinson was drafted into the army and assigned to a cavalry unit at…