After 150 Years, Is L.A. Ready to Remember the Chinese Massacre?
Long Buried, the Bloodiest Night in the City’s History Surfaces Amid a New Wave of Violence
It’s hard to tell a city’s story. In many cities, there’s a tension between pointing with pride and bowing in shame.
Los Angeles—where I have lived and worked for most of my life, including my years as an elected official—has long preferred the civic booster side of its identity, promoting itself as a city of the future. But L.A. also struggles to face the dark, violent, and racist episodes in its past.
One of the bloodiest nights in Los Angeles history took place 150 years ago, on October 24, 1871, when at …
