Watts riots
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Los Angeles was the scene of another riot in 1992, triggered by the acquittal of white police officers accused of beating an African-American man named Rodney King.
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Powe went to Altadena after the Watts riots in 1965.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
He reminds everyone that Verbum Dei made it through the Watts riots of 1965 because students protected the campus from burning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2024
During the Watts riots in 1965, he had the band play in the middle of the road on a flatbed truck.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Still, decades after the deadly 1965 Watts riots spurred construction of the original hospital — which was supposed to bring high-quality health care to poor neighborhoods in South Los Angeles — many disparities persist.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022
He was a sheriff in L.A.; he quit after the Watts riots.
From Joe Burke's Last Stand by John Moncure Wetterau
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