SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was mentioned in the article “The Freedom Rides Made the Most of a Multiracial Activist Base” by Meagan Day. “Today’s protests for racial justice are strikingly multiracial. Civil rights organizers have historically considered this an asset and often used it creatively and strategically to their advantage,…
Monthly Review Online published “How LAPD chief William H. Parker influenced the depiction of policing on the TV show Dragnet,” an excerpt from Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties. “During its January 1960 hearing, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights tepidly attempted to open a window on the police abuse of minorities…
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties is on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. To see the full list, visit the Los Angeles Times.
LSE’s Department of Sociology hosted a live discussion about Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties on June 8, 2020 at 10 am PST. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener were in conversation with Robin Kelley and Glyn Robbins. They discussed the background to the book and its relevance today, particularly in the context…
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was added to the list of “New books just in time for summer reading” by Danielle Bauter. To see the full list, visit The Orange County Register or Los Angeles Daily News.
Suzi talks to historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, touching on some of the many intersecting stories they tell in their long awaited and absolutely compelling history, Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties. Listen to the interview here.
Red May, a month-long arts festival and teach-in, hosted a virtual discussion about Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties on May 12, 2020, at 2 pm PST. Mike Davis and Jon Wiener were in a live conversation with Magally Miranda Alcazar to discuss their new book. This event was a fundraiser…
Mike Davis was interviewed by Alex Demyanenko for Capital and Main. “Mike Davis is an explorer. Climbing mountains of documents and sifting through the reefs of people’s memories, the City of Quartz author pieces together dramatic events that have been obscured by the indifference of official histories or are vanishing with the aging actors who performed in them.”…
Mike Davis was profiled by Dana Goodyear in The New Yorker. “If, like me, you lived through the civil rights movement,” the author said, “you can never discard hope. I’ve seen social miracles in my life, ones that have stunned me—the courageousness of ordinary people in a struggle.” You can read the full profile in The…
Set the Night on Fire was recommended by Hannah Lack in An0ther. “Over the past few weeks, we have been publishing daily to-do lists curated by the teams behind AnOther, Another Man and Dazed, featuring things to read, watch, listen to, look at, and follow on social media to get you through this time.” You can read the full recommendation in An0ther.