Award-Winning Author On The LA Riots Anniversary

Darryl James, author of "The Los Angeles Riots: Three Decades of Revolution," is speaking on rioting in America, centered around the twelfth anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots. The book is based on James' research and includes essays from a variety of citizens, including the mayor of LA, James K. Hahn.

(PRWEB) April 23, 2004 -- Award-Winning Black Author On The LA Riots Anniversary.

Darryl James, winner of the 2004 Non-Fiction Award at the Seventh Annual Chicago Book Fair & Conference has been speaking on Black Relationship Issues as well as Rioting in America. James is speaking to the press and radio centered around April 29, 2004, the twelfth anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots.

On Monday, April 26, James will appear on RadioOne (WOL in Washington, DC/WOLB in Baltimore, MD), and XM Satellite Radio (Channel 169, The Power). On Thursday, April 29, the twelfth anniversary of the LA Riots, James will host a discussion forum at the Nile River Café in Los Angeles.

Darryl James, under Tenacious Entertainment, has launched a national speaking and seminar series called Bridging The Black Gender Gap, to facilitate pragmatic processing of dating issues between Black men and women with a variety of qualified professionals. Tenacious also presents Darryl James to speak on civil unrest and the reasons why riots occur, based on the book The Los Angeles Riots: Three Decades of Revolution.

James is the author of "The Los Angeles Riots: Three Decades of Revolution," the first and most comprehensive oral history of experience and viewpoints on civil unrest, centered around one of the most violent outbreaks of domestic civil unrest in recent history--The LA Riots of 1992. The in-depth study of rioting in America and retrospective includes essays by Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, Public Enemy's Chuck D. Comedian Paul Mooney, Bo Taylor (Organizer of the LA gang truce), "Sweet" Alice Harris (the "mother" of Watts), Pat Moore (former Compton City councilwoman), Angela Leisure (the mother of Timothy Thomas, a young man who was gunned down in 2001 by police in Cincinnati, Ohio, sparking riots in that city), and a host of activists, politicians and average citizens as well as Henry Keith "Kee Kee" Watson, one of a group now known as The LA Four, prosecuted for involvement in the beating of Reginald Denny. James conducted research into America's history of riots with surprising and interesting results.

The fires began in Los Angeles on April 29, 1992, but they burned all over the country, and through men and women of all races, leaving citizens from every corner of the nation with a personal perspective.
"The civil unrest that marred this nation and the world in '92 was a slow building storm fueled by the same conditions that sparked rioting in the sixties," said James. "Those conditions include poor housing, high unemployment, and poor treatment from police."

James is also the author of "Bridging The Black Gender Gap, Volume I," a new mini-book based on years of research and more than twenty discussions with men and women regarding the growing number of unmarried Black women. "Bridging The Black Gender Gap, Volume I" also discusses conflicts between the sexes, while offering practical advice from qualified professionals. "My philosophy is that people usually have conflict because of the way that they process pain," said Angel L. Gaines, a relationship counselor who appears in the book.

To schedule an interview, lecture or to order books by Darryl James, call Tenacious Entertainment at (310) 491-3363. The books are available online at www.TheBlackGenderGap.com, www.TenaciousBooks.com, and www.Amazon.com. .Ask your local bookstore to get your copy of "Bridging The Black Gender Gap" in store. Simply give them the title and this ISBN number: 0-9712032-2-9. The ISBN for "The Los Angeles Riots: Three Decades of Revolution" is 1-59109-319-8.

Statements regarding The Los Angeles Riots: Three Decades of Revolution

"James takes a broad cross-section of people for the story of one of America's deadliest civil disturbances." -- The Wave Newspapers

"When people do not feel like they have a stake in their community, when they don't feel like they have an opportunity to achieve the American Dream, then they don't care if they destroy their neighborhood. I was angered by the slow response from the LA police Department. I was also angered by the actions of the officers that triggered the uprising." --Los Angeles Mayor James Kenneth Hahn

"Revolution? Say Word: Most watched the riots on TV. Darryl James examines uprisings through participants and witnesses in new book." --Electronic Urban Report

"If you ain't controlling the commerce in your neighborhood, or the education, and at the same time the police ain't yours, then of course, a motherf@#ker will say 'F@#k it--I'm going to rip up the closet sh#t to my face." --Public Enemy's Chuck D

"I had no idea that I would become a part of what took place, but I have feelings like the next man does, because that man [Rodney King could have been me. We don't tolerate that, and the rage was unleashed." --Henry "Keke" Watson, of the LA Four

From the Editor:
"The LA Riots of 92 were broadcast all over the nation and all over the world, and were felt at a feverish level," said James. "Reading accounts of people who were there provides a sense of how a normal day unraveled as nervous tension evolved into chaos and disorder. These essays will nearly suffocate the reader with palpable authenticity."

Statements regarding Bridging The Black Gender Gap, Volume I:
"How many times have you and your girlfriends sat around complaining about the problems with Black men? Brothers, this one is for you, too! (Bridging The Black Gender Gap) is interested in getting to the heart of the problem." --Rolling Out Magazine

--PeaceSonian Spirit & Pride News

"Since 2000, The Young Women's Issues Forum has been a catalyst to address issues important to young women, as well as to provide them with information tools to take action. As someone who has written and spoken extensively on this subject matter, your insight and participation is critical." --National Council of Negro Women

"Our brother has put together a hard-hitting dialogue that challenges the fundamental way that Black men and women have come to look at and interact with each other. His book and his lectures have brought our high levels of inner conflict, anxiety and loyalties to foreign ideologies to the surface where we can then begin to work them out. --LIBRadio, (Living In Black Radio), station founder Keidi Obi Awadu

Amazing. I have been impressed once again by your straightforward but very truthful words. I need to order about 15 books for my friends."
Reader--S. Belin, Pasadena

From The Author:
"The charge for each of us -- men and women -- is to begin to discuss the problems we both face, without expressing the fear and hatred that have been welling up inside of us," said James. "I want to facilitate healthy discussions with people ."

James said that many discussions are steeped in negativity because, in general, men and women are not communicating, and are making grave mistakes in the dating process. "Unfortunately, many people believe that a relationship is all about finding someone to give you what you want," said James. "A relationship is about an exchange of ideas and information, and the exchange of bits and pieces of each individual to form a sense of oneness."

Contact:
Tenacious Entertainment
(310) 491-3363