Kwanzaa is a holiday that aims to celebrate African Americans, African culture, and the strength of our community through shared values. In 1966, Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chairman of ...

That dynamic piqued Jae’s curiosity. He shifted his focus to Watts, spending months getting to know residents, including some who remembered the 1965 race riots that erupted after a white police ...

living in Watts, the rather appalling number of over 500 criminals out on parole and it would be a relief to tie up this discussion with the clincher that they started and lead the riots.