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LBJ, King, and the Watts Revolt

 

Photo credit: Yoichi Okamoto

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Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reported on his visit to Los Angeles following the uprising in the Watts section of the city. King informed President Johnson that the city's mayor and police chief seemed deeply unresponsive to the problems in the area, and he urged an intensification of the administration's anti-poverty efforts.

 

Date:
August 20, 1965
Topic:
Watts
Location
Oval Office
Conversation
WH6508-07-8578

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