Tag: Watts Riots
Inner City Cultural Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary 1965 – 2015
As the Los Angeles based Inner City Cultural Center celebrated its 50th Anniversary at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, the first weekend in...
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, remembers, the Watts Riots, Crack Cocaine and Public...
Congresswoman Maxine Waters is considered by many to be one of the most powerful women in American politics today. She has gained a reputation...
How the Watts Riots Changed Media Coverage of Race
Variety editor-at-large Peter Bart was a correspondent in the Los Angeles bureau of the New York Times in August, 1965, when he was called...
The Hon. Steve Bradford Reflects on the Watts Riots and Equality...
Prior to reflecting on the Watts Riots, the Honorable Steve Bradford, who is currently a candidate for California State Senate spoke with ReelUrbanNews.com about...
Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Rise Of The Phoenix Award
Last evening the Millennium Biltmore Hotel played host to the civil rights organization, National Action Network as they presented their annual ‘Rise Of The...
Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson Reflects On The Watts Riots 50 Years...
Speaking at the historic Macedonia Baptist Church in the Los Angeles, California community of Watts, on the eve of the 50th year observance of...