As L.A. riots raged, she was shot before she was even born. Now 25, she embodies survival and resolve - News Summed Up

As L.A. riots raged, she was shot before she was even born. Now 25, she embodies survival and resolve


Elvira Evers recalls the mayhem on the street and the rising fear that she and her daughter — who clung to her — were in danger. Elvira Evers, center, and her daughters Jessica Evers-Jones, right, and Lionela Evers. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times Elvira Evers, center, and her daughters Jessica Evers-Jones, right, and Lionela Evers. If Elvira Evers has taken something from her brush with death and passed it along, it’s a spirit of resolve. Los Angeles remains in many ways a city divided, with epic inequality in terms of income, education, resources and opportunity.


Source: Los Angeles Times April 29, 2017 17:01 UTC



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