Police officers stand guard on Aug. 13, 1965, as debris is cleared from Avalon Boulevard and Imperial Highway. (Ray Graham/Los Angeles Times) On Aug. 11, 1965, 60 years ago, I stood transfixed with ...
The Watts Riots began on Aug. 11, 1965 and ended on Aug. 16, 1965 — and that day Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown declared the riots were over. Here is a sampling of moments about the Watts Riots, or what ...
South LA Bureau Deputy Chief William Scott. This week on Press Play, we’re using the 50 th anniversary of the Watts Riots to talk about what has changed in the South L.A. community, and what has ...
On Aug. 11, 1965, 60 years ago, I stood transfixed with hundreds of others on the corner several blocks from my house in South L.A. watching what seemed like a horrid page out of “Dante’s Inferno.” ...