50 Years After Race Riots, Watts Still Shows Signs Of Scars And Healing
By Arun Rath
A half-century after the deadly violence in South Los Angeles, NPR’s Arun Rath asks members of the community for their reflections on the unrest, its root causes and changes in the neighborhood.
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