Watts riots

"Turn left or get shot." The 1965 Watts Riots in L.A., which are often cited as the riots that foreshadowed the turmoil that would sweep the country. In 1968, the Johnson Admin. authorized the Kerner Commission to study the underlying causes of the turmoil. The commission presented its findings that the social unrest reflected the profound frustration of inner-city blacks. The report's most famous passage warned that the US was "moving toward 2 societies, 1 black, 1 white--separate…

The Times staff won a Pulitzer Prize for local spot news reporting for the paper's coverage of the Watts riots. Here's a look at the front pages during the height of the unrest in August 1965, as well a seven-part series, called "The View From Watts," which ran in October that year. Read more: Stunned by the Watts riots, the L.A. Times struggled to make sense of the violence Traffic stop was the spark that ignited days of destruction in L.A. Full coverage: Watts Riots Remembered

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The tiny Watts section of Los Angeles would be the blue print for all future riots of the 1960s.

Watts Riots August 1965.

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In August 1965, The Times was the voice of white Los Angeles. That shaped how the paper covered the Watts riots. But later, an admirable series explored the origins of the violence, a powerful counterweight to earlier fumbles.

On Saturday, Aug. 14, 1965, California Lt. Gov. Glenn Anderson declared this curfew area in South Los Angeles. It was a crime for most people to be on the streets after 8 p.m. inside the 46.5-square-mile zone. This map was included in the <a href="http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/cityinstress/mccone/contents.html">McCone Commission report</a> published Dec. 2, 1965. It documents and tallies the destruction that raged over six days. The data was compiled by the Los Angeles Police…

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Was the 1965 Watts rebellion an impetus for a CIA-coordinated program dealing with domestic dissent called “MH Chaos”?