Statement from the Black Panthers, Los Angeles, 1970.
Dynamite Brothers, aka Stud Brown (1974) — The poster completely sidesteps the Asian chop-socky angle in that this film is a blaxploitaion/kung-fu mashup pairing Timothy Brown and Alan Tang as Defiant Ones-style interracial action buddies. Hi-yah, brother!
A scene from Watts, Los Angeles, 1966: “Ambulance men and police prepare to remove a sniper’s victim, who was shot in the head on Wilmington Avenue near 104th Street. Man was identified as Joseph Lee Crawford, 33, of 2934 South Brighton Avenue, who was dead on arrival at the hospital. Police said Crawford was an innocent bystander.” From the Herald-Examiner collection of the Los Angeles Public Library.
The Queen of Watts — Vintage photo of Karla Scott, “a smiling queen in the Watts Parade.” Los Angeles, December 12, 1965.
Watts 1965: Two priests walk past the ruins of a department store destroyed during the Watts Riots. Photo dated August 18, 1965. From the Herald-Examiner collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
life:
A year after southern California’s catastrophic Watts Riots in August 1965, LIFE magazine revisited the scene of the devastation through remarkable color pictures by photographer Bill Ray.
(Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
This photo was taken at Watts Towers, one of the America’s most beautiful combinations of ingenuity and imagination. I’ve been there three times and will likely go again. Any curious person in the Los Angeles area should check it out. If you do the tour, you get the overall context of the neighborhood, including the history of the riots.
Man arrested on suspicion of looting during the Watts Riots. Los Angeles, California. August 14, 1965. Herald-Examiner collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
National guard troops enter Watt on the order of the Lieutenant Governor. Los Angeles, August 15, 1965. Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
Policemen frisk suspects and search for weapons in Watts, Los Angeles, California. Was taken on 103rd St. east of Wilmington. March 16, 1966. Photo by Tony Kiss. UCLA, Special Collections.
Police guard intersection of 103rd and Grape Street in Watts where beer truck driver was shot to death. Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1966.
Police seal off streets in Watts during the 1965 riots. Photo by Milton Martinez. Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
LAPD detectives D.F. Ward and R.R. Pignet inspect loot recovered during the Watts Riots. August 17, 1965. From the Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
Watts 1965: Los Angeles County deputies are shown “with 12-gauge shotguns holding the Firestone Sheriffs Station under arms in anticipation of attack by rioters in the Watts area.” (Los Angeles Public Library)
Police stand ready on empty street near 104th and Wilmington Avenue in Watts. Los Angeles, March 15, 1966. Photo by Gene Hackley. UCLA, Special Collections, Young Research Library.
Watts, Los Angeles, 3/15/1966. The caption reads “officer threatens suspect with shotgun,” but I don’t think that’s correct. I don’t think the shotgun is pointed at the suspect’s chin as it may appear. UCLA, Special Collections, Young Research Library.
