1985 Special News Today

Turning point for the country and for the civil rights movement. the riots started after the arrest of a young black man, who police suspected of drunk driving. there was a scuffle, and the arrest set off six days of riots in los angeles. 34 people were killed and more than a thousand others were hurt. watts was a wake-up call for the nation, that had just seen the signing of the voting rights act. the riots showed that civil rights issues ran deeper, involving policing, poverty, and education. ...