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Newsreel: Watts Riots
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- Created Aug 11 at 11:05AM
- August 11, 1965
In August 1965, the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles broke out in riot. For six days, pandemonium ruled the streets. By the time the violence came to an end, thirty-four people had been killed and over a thousand were injured.
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