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Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising And The 1960s

Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising And The 1960s Paperback / softback - 1997

by Gerald Horne

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Paperback / softback. New. In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. The official death toll was thirty-four; property
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  • Title Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising And The 1960s
  • Author Gerald Horne
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Condition New
  • Pages 452
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997-08-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780306807923
  • ISBN 9780306807923 / 0306807920
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.43 x 0.92 in (21.01 x 13.79 x 2.34 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Southern California
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
  • Library of Congress subjects Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965, Los Angeles (Calif.) - Race relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97005211
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.494

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AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE DIED IN LOS ANGELES during the Watts Uprising of August 1965; 1,000 more were injured, and 4,000 arrested.

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About the author

Gerald Horne has taught at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include Black Liberation/Red Scare, Race for the Planet, and Black and Red: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Afro-American Response to the Cold War.

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