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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Today" (00:00-07:45)

Roundup

8-11-05

Watts Riots shook Los Angeles 40 years ago (8min)

Veteran BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler re-visits the Watts riots which shook Los Angeles 40 years ago with Rabbi Alan Freehling of the LA Human Relations Commission.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Today" (00:00-07:45)