by John Bryant | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Melissa Pamer NBCLosAngeles.com During a bus tour that showed a much-improved but still struggling South Los Angeles 20 years after riots destroyed many local businesses, community leaders focused on the positive Tuesday. The HOPE...
by John Bryant | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
LOS ANGELES (CNN) – On April 29th 1992, the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues in south Los Angeles became a flashpoint for one of the worst rioting in U.S. history. It was the site where Reginald Denny, a white trucker, was savagely attacked...
by John Bryant | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
It's been 20 years since the LA riots. Promises of rebuilding inner city LA were only partly fulfilled. On a bus tour showcasing a burnt-out neighborhood's rebirth, NBC4 talks to the man in charge of that mission to ask what happened. NBC4's Conan...
by John Bryant | Apr 25, 2012 | HOPE's Banking on Our Future Program
By Stan Wilson, CNN updated 1:41 AM EDT, Wed April 25, 2012 A bus winds its way through south Los Angeles during Operation Hope's economic empowerment tour. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Many considered south Los Angeles an economic wasteland In the aftermath of...
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