- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Grocery store owner Sang-Soo Park shows the damage left behind from the store's looting during the Rodney King demonstrations, 1992
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Hannans, Renee
- Date of Original:
- 1992-05
- Subject:
- Police brutality--Public opinion
Riots
Demonstration
Police
Grocers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Printed on assignment sheet: "Sang-Soo Park the owner of the 5 Star Grocery store. He is telling how the bricks came over the roof during the riot. Photog: Renee Hannans." Caption: "Glenn C. Park (above), son of Five Star Super Market owner San-Soo Park, inspects damage to the store, which was looted May 1. The Parks, their lawyer and an appraiser returned to the store at 653 Fair St. S. W. Wednesday. Estimates on damage were unavailable. Sang-Soo Park (left) shows bricks and rocks that were thrown at him and his family while they were stranded on the roof of their store on May 1, when a crowd looted their grocery store. Mr. Park, his wife and two other Koreans were able to escape after police dispersed the unruly crowd with tear gas. 'My Father though he was going to die,' said Glenn. May 14, 1992 JC." This image is related to the Rodney King riots and demonstrations throughout Atlanta.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/14704
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:14704/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP292-052n, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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