New book: “The Whirlwind or the Storm: LA Riots Perspectives”
LA riots 20th Anniversary
Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) — The Whirlwind or The Storm: LA Riots Perspectives by Darryl James has been completed for release on April 27, 2012 – the twentieth anniversary of infamous 1992 acquittal and rioting, unleashing a unique history of rioting in America accompanied by viewpoints on civil unrest.
The book includes essays by Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, Public Enemy’s Chuck D. Comedian Paul Mooney, the late Bo Taylor (founder of Unity One and organizer of the LA gang truce), “Sweet” Alice Harris (the “mother” of Watts), Pat Moore (former Compton City councilwoman), and a host of activists, politicians and average citizens as well as Henry Keith “Kee Kee” Watson, one of a group now known as The L.A. Four, prosecuted for involvement in the beating of Reginald Denny.
Award-winning author Darryl James, founder of Tenacious Books, has collected personal statements and essays on the ’92 LA Riots, culling powerful reflections on the conditions that gave birth to one of the most violent outbreaks of domestic civil unrest in recent history–The LA Riots of 1992. Those essays form the basis of the new book, The Whirlwind or The Storm: LA Riots Perspectives.
The riots affected men and women of all races, leaving citizens from every corner of the nation with a personal perspective. James brought in eyewitnesses to the events in Los Angeles in 1992, or in Watts twenty six years earlier, who have unique insight on those events.
“The LA Riots of ’92 were broadcast all over the nation and all over the world, and were felt at a feverish level,” said James. “Reading accounts of people who were there provides a sense of how a normal day unraveled as nervous tension evolved into chaos and disorder. These essays will nearly suffocate the reader with palpable authenticity.”
The Whirlwind or The Storm: LA Riots Perspectives also contains a dynamic retrospective on the 1992 Los Angeles Riots from Henry “Kee Kee” Watson, one of the group known as the LA Four, connected to the beating of Reginald Denny.
Twenty years after the LA Riots, “Kee Kee” Watson talks about beating Reginald Denny and gives an overview of the conditions that caused the two major riots of Los Angeles (1965 and 1992).
The book was published using the new eBook for Kindle technology, which is also available for personal computers. It will also be available for print on May 1. Both versions are available on Amazon.com.
The Whirlwind or The Storm: LA Riots Perspectives sells for $2.99 for the eBook and $14.99 for the physical book. For interviews or more information contact Tenacious Books at 888-501-4448 or email Darryl James at Darryl@darryljames.com.
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