Twilight: Los Angeles

Anna Deavere Smith

Actress Anna Deavere Smith, who created a play based on the 1992 LA riots, reflects on modern racial tension in Ferguson

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Anna Deavere Smith went to Los Angeles just weeks after the 1992 Los Angeles riots ended — after the media moved out but before the healing really even began. She made a play about the factors contributing to the riots — and she’s been outspoken about issues of race and equality to this day.

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