A couple interesting photos from the L.A. Times archives:
Rioting in Watts, August 13, 1965.
Los Angeles Times
A stretch of 103rd Street, dubbed
Charcoal Alley
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Los Angeles Times
Rioting in East Los Angeles, August 29, 1970
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Does anyone know the cause of the rioting in 1970?
There was no indication from the captions.