print email comment close A Huey P. Newton Story: Watts Riots URL: http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/times/times_watts.html Description: This portion of a companion site to a film about Huey Newton, co-founder and leader of the Black Panther movement, features brief information about the Watts Riots. "On August 11, 1965, Los Angeles's South Central neighborhood of Watts became a scene of the greatest example of racial tension America had seen." It includes newsreel footage. Note: Not all links are functioning. Publisher: Luna Ray Films, LLC Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles African Americans -- History Black History Month Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965 LII Database Information: Record 921 created by Maria Brandt on 03/07/2005 Last modification on 03/08/2005 Published: 03/07/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/921