The Watts Rebellion: 50 Years Later
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On the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Watts rebellion, we discuss the past and present of race relations in the United States with historians Gerald Horne, University of Houston, author of Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s; Brenda E. Stevenson, UCLA, author of The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots; and Johnie H. Scott, CSU Northridge, co-founder of the Watts Writers Workshop, the Sons of Watts, the Greater Watts Justice Center, the Studio Watts Workshop, and the Mafundi Institute.
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Cliff Wesselman, Search for weapons, Watts Riots, 1966Black and white photographic print. Photo: HERALD EXAMINER COLLECTION/LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY. -
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Armed National Guardsmen march toward smoke on the horizon during the street fires of the Watts riots, Los Angeles, August 1965. http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/opinion/zelizer-lbj-watts-riots/
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