Racial riots escalate (aug 30, 1965 – jul 16, 1968)

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WATTS- (1965)- young black motorist arrested by white police in black neighborhood of Watts, LA → six-day riot that killed 34 ppl, destroyed 700+ buildings; riots continued through 1968 w increasing casualties/destruction of property; SLOGANS- ‘burn baby burn’, ‘get whitey’ etc made whites think it was all run by extremists (tiny black power mvmt) but in reality the whole US was becoming two v separate v unequal societies; issues had gone beyond de jure and became de facto