Conversation Details
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, andĀ heĀ urged an intensification of the administration's anti-poverty efforts.
Date:
August 20, 1965
Topic:
Watts
Location:
Oval Office
Conversation:
WH6508-07-8578
Conversation Participants
Presidential Daily Diary Excerpt
