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10.4 x 13.6 in. (26.4 x 34.5 cm.) LAPD Watts Riot Looters, 1965 The Watts Riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion, was a large series of riots that broke out August 11, 1965, in the predominantly ...

The line went dead. That was my introduction to the Watts Riots that started 56 years ago on the evening of Aug. 11, 1965. At the age of 27, I was elected to the City Council four months earlier.

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(Getty Images) Tuesday marks the 55th anniversary of one of the most vivid weeks of racial tension in U.S. history. On Aug. 11, 1965, what became known as the “Watts Riots” began in Los Angeles.

They can’t help giving vent to their emotions.” In Los Angeles, the riot in the Watts section of Los Angeles, started on Aug. 11, 1965 – 55 years ago. Racial tension was already high.

Please try again later. FILE - In this Aug. 12, 1965, file photo, demonstrators push against a police car in the Los Angeles area of Watts.

EDITOR’S NOTE: On Aug. 11, 1965, an uprising began in Los Angeles after the drunken driving arrest of a young Black man by a white California Highway Patrol officer.