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Description
Interview with an unidentified rioter. The Watts Riot was a large-scale riot which lasted 6 days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, in August 1965. By the time the riot subsided, 34 people had been killed, 1,032 injured, and 3,438 arrested. It would stand as the most severe riot in Los Angeles history until the riots of 1992.
Type
sound
Format
Original Sound full track 1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Interviews
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
Phonotape 286 A cabeuroh_00007
Language
English
Subject
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965 Riots--California--Los Angeles
Provenance
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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