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Los Angeles, California- 1965
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Marquette Frye, an African American male Lee. W. Minikus, a Caucasian male, worked for the California Highway Patrol Minikus pulled over Marquette Frye on suspicion of driving while intoxicated
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A crowd of people gathered at the scene where Frye was being arrested A confrontation began between the crowd and police officers, that were on the scene
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WATTS is a part of South Central, Los Angeles It is described as a ”deeply impoverished African American neighborhood” Riots began in this area after the arrest of Frye
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Riots took place in WATTS for 6 days The riot destroyed: cars, grocery stores, department stores, and pawn shops $ 40 million of property was destroyed
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14,000 California National Guardsman were sent to WATTS A curfew was put into place, to stop the rioting 34 people died 1,000 people injured 4,000 people arrested
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRDvY_a nJdc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRDvY_a nJdc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7qHju4S co4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7qHju4S co4
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From whose point of view do you think those media clips are from? What examples can you give from each clip What types of words were used to describe the event, and the people, during the WATTS Riots? How did the media use music to influence the audience watching the News Reels? Is there any comparison, or contrasts, between those two media clips? Give examples
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Governor Pat Brown led an investigation into why the riots began Grievances of the community: A. high unemployment rates B. Inadequate housing C. Poor schools
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