The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los...

Places) four months after the riots. The Watts Christmas parade was created in 1964 by Edna Aliewine before the Watts riots. She put together a group of...

The Watts truce was a 1992 peace agreement among rival street gangs in Los Angeles, California, declared in the neighborhood of Watts. The truce was reached...

1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) were a series of riots and civil disturbances...

Angeles riots may refer to: 1992 Los Angeles riots, following the acquittal of police officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King Watts riots...

throughout the early 1950s. The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding...

demonstrates how these African-American experiences set the stage for the Watts riots. African Americans were being killed for small crimes. After a police...

incident into full-blown riots. By August 13, the third day of riots, Governor Brown ordered 2,300 National Guardsmen to Watts, which increased to 3,900...

associated with the 1965 Watts Riots. It can also refer to: "Burn Baby Burn" (poem), by Marvin X following the Watts Riots "Burn, Baby, Burn", a 1966...

The term ghetto riots, also termed ghetto rebellions, race riots, or negro riots refers to summer social unrest across the United States in the mid-to-late...

succeeding years, culminating in their on-the-job reunion during the Watts riots of August 1965. The New Centurions is likely the most autobiographical...

Section, a highly-secretive tactical stakeout unit. That same year, the Watts riots were sparked by police abuse. In the 1970s and 1980s, street gangs became...

white middle class flight accelerated following the 1965 Watts Riots and the 1992 Los Angeles riots. By the late 1960s, middle-class and upper-middle-class...

urban riots, often inner city. John F. McDonald and Daniel P. McMillen have identified Los Angeles's Watts Riots, in 1965, as the first "urban riots" in...

deals with the 1965 Watts Riots, and was not released until after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The film portrays the 1965 Watts Riots as occurring on the...

Union shortly before the Watts riots in 1965 Watts, California. Theodore Watkins, better known as Ted Watkins, founded the Watts Labor Community Action...

Watts Writers Workshop was a creative writing group initiated by screenwriter Budd Schulberg in the wake of the devastating August 1965 Watts Riots in...

of Historic Places in Los Angeles. The Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park encompasses the Watts Towers site. Sabato ("Simon" or "Sam") Rodia...

controversial practices towards minorities have been cited as the cause of the Watts riots on August 11, 1965. For five days, businesses and stores were burned...

father of the SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) concept. After the Watts riots of 1965, Sergeant Nelson personally approached LAPD chief William Parker...

Stonewall riots began. There was already the emergence of a gay liberation movement in New York at the time of the riots. The Stonewall riots were not...

State Assembly, representing the state's 27th district. After the 1965 Watts riots, Ryan took a job as a substitute school teacher to investigate and document...

events in history, such as the Black Dahlia murder, the Watts riots, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the North Hollywood shootout, the murder trial of O. J...

the riots. He said they were "attempts to justify the shooting of elderly citizens, unarmed youths and innocent bystanders." Twenty-six of the riot deaths...

racially-charged Watts riots in Los Angeles in August 1965, the LAPD began considering tactics it could use when faced with urban unrest, rioting, or widespread...

1990 American thriller-drama television film about the 1965 Los Angeles Watts Riots, directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson,...

within the August calendar, August 10, 1970 - August 11: Watts riots also known as the Watts Uprising, August 11-16 1965 August 12: Hugo Pinell (b. March...

to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. The concert took place at the Los Angeles...

life, school and future in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The film was shot prior to the "Watts riots" which occurred in that neighborhood...

Mannequin-Fucker" after watching news coverage of the Watts Riots. Originally dubbed "The Watts Riot Song", its primary lyrical themes are racial violence...