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In 1991, Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old African American girl, was shot in the head at her local Los Angeles grocery store. Her death and the probationary punishment given to her killer contributed to the anger that led to the widespread civil unrest in Los Angeles, but today, only Rodney King is remembered. Meanwhile, Black girls continue to be the targets of widespread violence with minimal accountability systems in place.
Co-presented with the Hammer Museum as part of AAPF's third annual Her Dream Deferred, this conversation features Brenda Stevenson, Priscilla Ocen, Laura Flanders, and Kimberlé Crenshaw, and addresses how this case illuminates the vulnerability of Black girls and how communities can serve and protect them.
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