During the summer of 1965, rioting broke out in Watts, an African American section of Los Angeles. By 1965 the successes of http://www.answers.com/topic/nonviolence protests seemed http://www.answers.com/topic/irrelevant to many African Americans segregated and http://www.answers.com/topic/mired-2 in poverty and http://www.answers.com/topic/despair in urban ghettoes. Militancy increased, especially in Watts in south central Los Angeles, home to more than 250,000 African Americans. A not-so-routine traffic stop signaled the demise of the era of nonviolence. On 11 August 1965 spectators http://www.answers.com/topic/accustomed to seeing black drivers pulled over by white police officers charged the officers with racism and brutality. Some simply yelled. Others hurled rocks, bricks, whatever they could find at the outnumbered police. Angry mobs assaulted white motorists, shattered store windows, and looted shops throughout the night. When dawn brought http://www.answers.com/topic/tranquillity, police mistakenly declared that order had been restored. But that night Watts was in flames. Rioters armed themselves and passionately shouted, "Burn baby burn" and "Long live Malcolm X." Fires raged for four more days. Signs reading "Negro Owned" or "Owned by a Brother" protected some black businesses. Looting, violence, and http://www.answers.com/topic/bloodshed intensified, as rioters attacked whites, fought police, and shot at firefighters. Mobs repeatedly attacked reporters, and snipers aimed their rifles at members of the largely white press. Facing fewer obstacles, black reporters covered the story for major media outlets. Only after the National Guard sent 14,000 soldiers to assist the 1,500 police officers did peace return to Watts. The official death toll reached 34, and 1,000 people suffered injuries. Police counted nearly 4,000 arrests. Some 30,000 rioters supported by 60,000 approving spectators caused more than $35 million in property damage. News of Watts unleashed a series of riots and racial disturbances in other American cities. Bibliography Horne, Gerald. Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s.http://www.answers.com/topic/charlottesville-Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1995. Sears, David O., and John B. McConahay. The Politics of Violence: The New Urban Blacks and the Watts Riots. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1981.
They were called the Watts Riots because that is the area of Los Angeles the riots occurred in.
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The Watts Riot of 1965.
Watts is a residential district in South Los Angeles, California. It was the scene of a large riot which lasted six days in August 1965. See the related link Watts Riots below for more information.
The Watts Riot that gained the most national attention occurred in Watts, a district of South Central Los Angeles, California in August, 1965. After five days of rampage and chaos, 34 people were dead (mostly Black citizens being shot by LAPD for looting, resisting arrest, or for being in the wrong place at the wrong time) and there was over 40 million dollars in damage.
It was in the Watts neighborhood and resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries and 3,952 arrests.
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The 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles were mainly the result of racism.
The Watts Riot of 1965 lasted from august 11th to august 15th of that year.
The Watts district of Los Angeles is in area code 323.
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He is from Los Angeles County, California (Inglewood or Watts).