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What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...
The Watts Riots began on Aug. 11, 1965 and ended on Aug. 16, 1965 — and that day Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown declared the ...
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Ret. LBPD commander Charles Parks reflects on 33-year career, Watts Riots
Charles Parks, a retired commander for the Long Beach Police Department, has plenty of stories to tell about his 33-year ...
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Researchers, nonprofits working in Watts, South Central reflect on the region 60 years after riots
Leaders and researchers look back at Watts since the 1965 riots and answer the question: Is it better now than back then?
RIVERS OF BLOOD, YEARS OF DARKNESS by Robert Conot. 497 pages. Banfam. 95¢.Watts, 1965, was the precursor and model for the race riots of 1967. In the sunny, sullen ghetto on Los Angeles' ...
That’s the same year as the “Watts Rebellion” or “Watts Riots.” (The differing titles are a testament to the ongoing culture-war battle over the use of language.) ...
To meet the Los Angeles situation, 108 California insurance companies have formed a $15 million, assigned-risk “Watts pool” that has insured more than 500 merchants against fire and riot ...
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