Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:civil_unrest
|
| gptkbp:aftermath |
increased awareness of racial issues
urban unrest in other cities establishment of the Mc Cone Commission |
| gptkbp:cause |
racial tensions
|
| gptkbp:date |
August 11-17, 1965
|
| gptkbp:government_response |
deployment of National Guard
|
| gptkbp:historical_context |
part of the 1960s civil unrest
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Watts riots of 1965
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Black_Power_Movement
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement |
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Police_Department
African American community |
| gptkbp:key_figures |
gptkb:Marquette_Frye
gptkb:Governor_Edmund_G._Brown Mayor Sam Yorty Police Chief William Parker activist A. Philip Randolph activist Al Sharpton activist Andrew Young activist Angela Davis activist Angela Y. Davis activist Bayard Rustin activist Benjamin Hooks activist Bobby Seale activist C. T. Vivian activist Charles Hamilton Houston activist Clarence Mitchell activist Coretta Scott King activist Dorothy Height activist Fannie Lou Hamer activist Huey P. Newton activist James Farmer activist Jesse Jackson activist John Lewis activist Julian Bond activist Malcolm X activist Martin Luther King Jr. activist Rosa Parks activist Shirley Chisholm activist Stokely Carmichael activist Tom Bradley community leader Johnnie Cochran |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Watts,_Los_Angeles
|
| gptkbp:media_coverage |
extensive national media coverage
|
| gptkbp:public_perception |
increased racial tensions in America
|
| gptkbp:related_event |
gptkb:Newark_riots_of_1967
gptkb:Detroit_riots_of_1967 Los Angeles riots of 1992 |
| gptkbp:result |
over 1,000 injuries
34 deaths property damage exceeding $40 million |
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the largest riots in U. S. history
|
| gptkbp:trigger_type |
arrest of Marquette Frye
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:South_Central_Los_Angeles
gptkb:Newark_riots gptkb:Cleveland_Race_Riot_of_1966 |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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