Watt Riots 1965

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    • Black Americans rioted some big city ghettos in the summer of 1964- first large scale was Watts- LA
    • August 1965- Black mobs crying 'Long live Malcolm X' set fire to several blacks of stores in Watts- rioting had a great impact on MLK
    • MLK began defining 'freedom' in terms of economic equality- called for 'better distribution of the wealth' of America & planned Chicago Campaign