1. Los Angeles, California- 1965
The Watts Riots

2. Malcolm, MLK, and Watts Read the Biographies of MLK and Malcolm X.
Create a venn diagram or a 3-column t-chart that compares and contrasts the lives and work of MLK and Malcolm X.
MLK
Both X

3. Similar Deaths
Malcolm X was assassinated in Manhattan on February 21, 1965.
He was to speak to a crowd about moving toward a more peaceful solution to the race problem in America.
He was shot at least 21 times by 3 Nation of Islam members.

4. Similar Deaths
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 while helping to organize a sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis, TN.
Killed by a White Supremacist named
James Earl Ray.
After his death riots
of frustration
erupted in hundreds
of U.S. cities

5. Eulogies Malcolm X MLK on Malcolm X’s assassination:
Eulogy written by Ozzie Davis:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert Kennedy on Martin Luther King’s assassination:

6. Determining Quotes: Philosophy
Now let’s see if we accurately judged these leaders.. OR
King X

7. Life in Watts Watts is a part of South Central, Los Angeles
It was a deeply impoverished, mostly African American neighborhood
Riots here in the summer of 1965 shook the nation

8. August 11, 1965 Marquette Frye, an African American male
Lee. W. Minikus, a Caucasian male, worked for the California Highway Patrol
Minikus pulled over Marquette Frye on suspicion of driving while intoxicated

9. The Crowd
A crowd of people gathered at the scene where Frye was being arrested
A confrontation began between the crowd and police officers, that were on the scene

10. Rioting Riots took place in Watts for 6 days
The riot destroyed: cars, grocery stores, department stores, and pawn shops
$ 40 million of property was destroyed

11. Rioting 14,000 California National Guardsman were sent to Watts
A curfew was put into place, to stop the rioting
34 people died
1,000 people injured
4,000 people arrested

12. Watts Riots NewsReel Newsreel Footage of the Riots

13. Reactions from the President
Number each paragraph
Read Lyndon Johnson’s remark regarding the Race Riots in L.A.
Briefly summarize each paragraph . (1-2 sent.)
Circle unknown vocabulary words
Put a ? next to anything you are unclear about.
Put an ! next to anything you like or agree with.
Answer the guiding questions in Bullet form
(2-3 each)

14. Question…
DO YOU THINK IT’S FAIR THAT HE COMPARES THE LOOTERS TO THE KLAN? WHY??!!

15. Discrimination in Incarceration
Statistics show that Prison populations do not reflect the national population.
What factors lead to this?
What can (should) be done?