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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

8-11-05

A look back at the Watts Riots (5min)

Adolfo Guzman Lopez of NPR member station KPCC in Pasadena, California reports on what began 40 years ago in the Watts section of Los Angeles.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"