#wattsriot

[can-we-be-the-change]

https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/swp-us/pamphlets/1966-may-why-watts-exploded.pdf 

Good read !!

[cesarsantosjr]

Regrann from @history - On #ThisDayinHsitory 1965, the Watts Riot begins. Racial tensions reached a breaking point after two white policemen scuffled with a black motorist suspected of drunk driving. A crowd of spectators gathered to watch the arrest and soon grew angry by what they believed to be yet another incident of racially motivated abuse by the police. A riot soon began, spurred on by residents of Watts who were embittered after years of economic and political isolation. The rioters eventually ranged over a 50-square-mile area of South Central Los Angeles, looting stores, torching buildings, and beating whites as snipers fired at police and firefighters. Finally, with the assistance of thousands of National Guardsmen, order was restored on August 16. The five days of violence left 34 dead, 1,032 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, and $40 million worth of property destroyed. The Watts riot was the worst urban riot in 20 years and foreshadowed the many rebellions to occur in ensuing years during the 1967 Detroit Riots, the Newark Riots, and other violence. #USHistory #Watts #WattsRiot #1965 - #regrann (en Chiriquí, Chiriqui, Panama)

[myambitionzasablogger]

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[elohimtheanomaly]

@Regrann from @onthisdateinhiphop - 🙌🏾 #OnThisDateInHipHop, #Westcoast Kam dropped his debut album #NevaAgain. Led by #PeaceTreaty [Now Playing] and #WattsRiot featuring his cousin #IceCube, @WestCoastKam's album would peak at #110 on the #2pac 200. #NoTypo #OTDIHH ・・・ Follow us on #SnapChat 👻: OTDIHH ・・・ Posted for Nonprofit Educational purposes (news reporting, library archiving) under the Fair Use Guidelines of the U.S. Copyright Office - images/video may be subject to copyright. #Regrann

[msnbc]

Remembering the horrific #WattsRiots 50 years later

Sparked by a violent traffic stop and escalating racial tension, the riots took place in Los Angeles, California on Aug. 11, 1965 and lasted 5 days, killed 34 people, and injured over 1,000.

[jesctimeline]

STILL a banger @Gee_Watts x @kendricklamar #WattsRiot #DistantDreams x #TDE