The Rodney King Rebellion: A Psychopolitical Analysis of Racial Despair and Hope

by Brenda Wall

Was the violence in L.A. a riot or a rebellion? The author examines the frustration, racism, and anger that led to the uprising in Los Angeles.

99 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember reading this soon after it was published. It's a short work, full of passion and fire against injustice. I didn't get a sense of the larger context in which the events happened, and I thought the term "rebellion" in the title was deliberately chosen to mislead rather than lead toward a greater understanding. I could understand the anger that led to the choice of that word, but it didn't work for me. Perhaps for others it did.