In ’65 Watts Coverage, Race Complexities Eluded L.A. Times Suggested Reading Ben Crump Raises New Questions After Nolan Wells’ Funeral as Witness Accounts Continue to Conflict Why Some Black Folks Are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police officers stand guard on Aug. 13, 1965, as debris is cleared from Avalon Boulevard and Imperial Highway. (Ray Graham/Los ...

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 ...

All this week, we’re taking a look back at the 1965 Watts riots. Today, we explore how housing policies contributed to unrest in Watts. Madeleine explores the forces that crafted Watts into an African ...

With just weeks until the 50th anniversary of the Watts Riots, area residents met Thursday to address unfulfilled promises they said have been made to the community. Community members gathered at the ...

All week, we’ve been sharing stories about the 50th anniversary of the Watts riots. In the years after 1965, what happened in Watts seeped into pop culture. Today we look at how the riots have been ...