A year after southern California's catastrophic Watts Riots in August 1965, LIFE magazine revisited the scene of the ...

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 ...

Sixty years ago, a young Black man from South Los Angeles was pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer after another motorist reported the man driving recklessly. What started as a ...

In ’65 Watts Coverage, Race Complexities Eluded L.A. Times Suggested Reading Trump’s Nasty Comments About Somalis are Likely a Result of This One Person Grandmother Shares Difficult Update on Baby ...