Minju Park is a Korean-American journalist based in Chicago. She’s currently an associate producer for LAist Studios.
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Son Lye Park, Carol Park’s mom, standing outside the cashier booth of the family gas station in Compton before her death.Park continued to work at the station every weekend for 16 years. In 2009, Park began a double master's degree in ethnic studies and creative writing at UC Riverside. “When I'm teaching, I tell the students, go home and talk to your parents, and it will change your lives and how you see them and how they see you.” she says. In the first two episodes ofOn April 29, 1992, the verdict for the trial of four Los Angeles police officers charged in the videotaped beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist, was announced — acquitted on almost all charges.
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