Los Angeles County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Watts
, suburban section of Los Angeles, Los Angeles co., S
Calif., 6 mi/9.7 km S of downtown Los Angeles.
Named after C. H. Watts, a Pasadena realtor, the sect. became part of
Los Angeles in 1926. Artist Simon Rodia's celebrated Watts Towers are
here. Historically an impoverished black ghetto, Watts was the site of
6 days of race riots in 1965 that claimed 34 lives and caused over $200
million in property damage. Race riots again erupted in 1992 after the
acquittal of white police officers who beat a black motorist;
58 people died and approximately $1 billion in property was destroyed.
The Afr.-Amer. pop. has declined in recent decades while the area's
Hispanic pop. has grown significantly. In 1990, almost 40% of Watts's
residents were living below the poverty line. Pepperdine Univ. to W has
relocated to Malibu.
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