Los Angeles, CA: Although law and order have been re-established in the strife-torn Watts district of Los Angeles, this sign remains as a terrifying...
Police officers force rioters into police cars during the second night of rioting in the Watts district of Los Angeles.
An uneasy quiet reigns in the Watts district after an all-night riot. Armed officers patrol the deserted streets brandishing automatic weapons. They...
Patrol officer Frederick Cook tags another of the dozens of confiscated firearms being held at central police headquarters. Weapons of all types,...
An uneasy quiet reigns in the Watts district after an all-night riot. Armed officers patrol the deserted streets brandishing automatic weapons. They...
Rioters are arrested and their weapons taken to police headquarters at the riots in Watts for the third day.
The Salvation Army passes out food at 104th and Compton in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The rioting in Watts left some in need as the district...
Two suspects are picked up and brought into the 77th Street Police Station as the rioting continues in Watts for the 3rd day. Police have appealed...
Special officer looks over the damage to a surplus store in the Watts area following the second night of rioting in the Watts district of Los...
Police officers patrol a corner in the Watts district of Los Angeles, near a market which had its windows broken and door torn away by rioters.
An overturned car and a street littered with debris, mark the scene of riots which raged through the night in the Watts district of Los Angeles.
Police officers attempt to gain control of the streets as riots rage through the night in the Watts district of Los Angeles.
Police officers were busy all night as the riots raged through the night in the Watts district of Los Angeles.
Blood-splattered man sitting beside an armed policeman, during the Watts Riots, Los Angeles, California, 11th-15th August 1965.
Armed police stand by as rioters lie face down in the street during the Watts race riots, Los Angeles, California, August 1965.
In the Watts neighborhood, firefighters battle fires that spread in the wake of ongoing riots, Los Angeles, California, mid-August. 1965.
The lifeless body of a man lies on a sidewalk beside a wrecked car at a gas station in the Watts neighborhood during ongoing riots, Los Angeles,...
In the Watts neighborhood, a pair of National Guardsmen speak with two young boys after the declaration of Marshall Law due to ongoing riots, Los...
Firefighters extinguish a building burnt in the wake of ongoing riots, Los Angeles, California, mid-August. 1965.
View of National Guardsmen in Jeeps as they patrol the streets of the Watts neighborhood during riots, Los Angeles, California, July 1965.
Social History, Race/Riots, Los Angeles, California, USA, pic: August 1965, Police armed with guns at the ready, check a black man and woman who they...
Group of Black men are confronted by state troopers with bayonets at a street corner in the Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles, California, circa 1960s.
Makeshift sign urging drivers to 'Turn Left Or Get Shot' during the race riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles.
Group of Black women step through rubble and demolished storefronts on Central and Vernon Avenues where business were destroyed and looted during the...
Watched by a young man on a bicycle, a National Guardsman stands watch on a sidewalk in the Watts neighborhood after the declaration of Marshall Law...
While on patrol, a trio of National Guardsmen walk burned-out businesses on a street in the Watts neighborhood after the declaration of Marshall Law...
During the Watts Riots while flames burn in the background, a police officer stands guard over a handcuffed man on the street and propped against the...
Personalities, South America, pic: 1st September 1965, Former Catholic priest Camilo Torres, left, who was picked up by an army patrol at the town of...
Policemen standing around Sentinel Car Service during unrest following the Watts Riots , Chicago, Illinois, August 1965.
Policemen standing outside a graffited building during unrest following the Watts Riots (in Los Angeles, California, Chicago, Illinois, August 1965.
Television screen capture of fires burning in the streets from riots that took place in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, August 1965....
Armed police patrolling the streets of Los Angeles during the Watts race riots, 11th-15th August 1965.
Riot equipped policemen apprehend a man for his ethnic origins, during race riots in the predominantly black area of Watts, Los Angeles, 11th-15th...
Fire-fighters in front of a blazing building during the Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California, 11th-15th August 1965.
An armed policeman and a victim of street violence, during the race riots in Los Angeles, California, 11th-15th August 1965.
An armed National Guard patrolman leans against a street sign, smoking a cigarette and standing in rubble following the Watts riots, Los Angeles,...
Armed National Guardsmen force a line of Black men to stand against the wall of a building during the Watts race riots, Los Angeles, California,...
Suspect being searched by two armed police during the Watts race riots in Los Angeles, California, 11th-15th August 1965.
Quartet of National Guardsmen, one a medic, stand watch in an intersection in the Watts neighborhood after the declaration of Marshall Law due to...
Police officer stands guard to secure a perimeter in the Watts neighborhood as members of the Los Angeles Fire Department battle a fire that engulfed...
Member of the press photograph the lifeless body of a man on a sidewalk beside a wrecked car at a gas station in the Watts neighborhood during...
Watched by members of the National Guard, Los Angeles Police Officers escort a young man past a sign that reads 'Jail Unit' in the Watts neighborhood...
Members of the press photograph the lifeless body of a man on a sidewalk beside a wrecked car at a gas station in the Watts neighborhood during...
Police officer stands guard to secure a perimeter in the Watts neighborhood as members of the Los Angeles Fire Department battle a fire that engulfed...
National Guardsman stands watch on a street in the Watts neighborhood after the declaration of Marshall Law due to ongoing riots, Los Angeles,...
Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arrives at Los Angeles International Airport during the Watts Riots, Los Angeles,...
American Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speaks to a crowd in a room during the Watts riots, Los Angeles, California,...
In the Watts neighborhood, a group of National Guardsmen walk towards firefighters who battle a building engulfed in flames in the wake of ongoing...
In a crowded room, American Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Listens to unidentified advisors during the Watts riots, Los...
American Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Points as he speaks to a crowd in a room during the Watts riots, Los Angeles,...
Line of National Guardsmen march past shuttered and burned-out businesses on a street in the Watts neighborhood after the declaration of Marshall Law...
The lifeless body of a man lies on a sidewalk beside a wrecked car at a gas station in the Watts neighborhood during ongoing riots, Los Angeles,...
American Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speaks to a crowd in a room during the Watts riots, Los Angeles, California,...
Pair of National Guardsmen escort an unidentified man past burned-out businesses and rubble in the Watts neighborhood after the declaration of...
Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Arrives at Los Angeles International Airport during the Watts Riots, Los Angeles,...
