'The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins'

“No Justice, No Peace.” This mantra continues to be chanted on the streets of our cities, from Los Angeles to Sanford, Florida, and Ferguson, Missouri. The violence that often accompanies these words is born of a quest for justice. In the case of the Los Angeles riots, it was justice for a 15-year-old girl.

Please join us as historian Brenda Stevenson, Ph.D., discusses racial injustice and shares her most recent book, The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender and the Origins of the L.A. Riots, winner of the 2014 James A. Rawley Prize from The Organization of American Historians, Best Book in History of Race Relations in U.S.

Stevenson’s scholarship focuses on the experiences of African-Americans, especially women, and the history of slavery in the Atlantic World. She earned her doctorate from Yale University and teaches history at UCLA.

Admission is free.