Watts Riots 50

@WattsRiots50

This account is a modern retelling of the historic timeline of the events known as The Watts Riots of 1965. Live tweeting August 11-17.

Los Angeles, CA
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  1. 18. aug. 2015

    Building healthy communities continues w/ the work of . Read more about :

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  2. 18. aug. 2015

    A Very Special Thanks to: and

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  3. 18. aug. 2015

    Special Thanks to:

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  4. 18. aug. 2015

    144 Hours in Aug '65: The McCone Commission reported 34 dead; 1,032 injuries; and 3,438 adult arrests:

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  5. 18. aug. 2015

    MLK left Watts feeling frustrated but determined, as heard in this call to LBJ:

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  6. 18. aug. 2015

    Controversial Chief William H. Parker would die less than a year after the protests in Watts.

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    Proud to work with to retell this moment in civil rights history

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  8. 18. aug. 2015

    Sam Yorty would serve 3 terms as mayor of L.A.. In 1973 he lost to former police officer Tom Bradley.

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    18. aug. 2015

    Read about the Photo Project from youth photographer Carla Solares

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  10. 18. aug. 2015

    1973: Wattstax

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  11. 18. aug. 2015

    Marquette Frye was haunted by the events of 8/65. He remained a part of the community until his death.

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  12. 18. aug. 2015

    . Trooper Lee Minikus died in 2013. He maintained: 'I would do exactly what I did at the time.'

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  13. 18. aug. 2015

    Marquette's mother, Rena never reclaimed her Buick since the impound fees exceeded the car's worth.

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  14. 18. aug. 2015

    1 year later: "Watts Still Seething"

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  15. 18. aug. 2015

    Epilogue

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  16. 17. aug. 2015

    Death, people in jail & a neighborhood destroyed. Struggling to make sense of it. Will people listen? Will Watts ever recover?

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  17. 17. aug. 2015

    Neiti Love, 67 Eugene Shimatsu, 18

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  18. 17. aug. 2015

    Andrew Houston Jr., 42 Fentroy Morison George, 21 Audrey Griffin, 38 Bessie L. Brown, 53 Paul Harbin, 53

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  19. 17. aug. 2015

    Albert Flores, 40 Caroll Shaw, 30 Charles Shortridge, 18 Thomas Owens, 22 Leon Posey, 21 Calvin Jones, 31

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  20. 17. aug. 2015

    Richard Lefebvre, LBPD Ronald Ludlow, Deputy LASD, 27 Warren L. Tilson, LAFD, 31

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