50 Years Later: Racial Outrage and the Importance of the 1965 Watts Uprising
Category: BLACK VOICES
As the country continues to deal with racial strife, fatal police encounters, and dogged economic inequality, the Watts protests has instructional value for advocates of racial justice and their adversaries. For the former, short-term improvements can prove to be fruitful and can be an important respite from the daily onslaught of racial oppression.
By Shaun Ossei-Owusu, ContributorPostdoctoral Researcher, 2015-08-22