“On #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 the #WattsRebellion/#WattsRiots broke out in #LosAngeles. #RonaldReagan dog-whistled, uniting resentful white #racists to became governor, and burying the demands for an end to #PoliceBrutality & #discrimination by blaming it on criminal provocateurs.”
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD (@LiamOMaraIV@mastodon.social)
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 the #WattsRebellion/#WattsRiots broke out in #LosAngeles. #RonaldReagan dog-whistled, uniting resentful white #racists to became governor, and burying t...
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August 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
“On #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 the #WattsRebellion/#WattsRiots broke out in #LosAngeles. #RonaldReagan dog-whistled, uniting resentful white #racists to became governor, and burying the demands for an end to #PoliceBrutality & #discrimination by blaming it on criminal provocateurs.”
Think of that moment that occurred exactly 60 years ago today.....and look where we are now.
#WattsRebellion
1965
2025
#WattsRebellion
1965
2025
7. By the time it was over, the National Guard had been deployed. 34 people were dead. Over 3,000 were arrested.
The city rose up against oppression in the face of a "nonviolent civil rights movement."
This marked the beginning of the end of the movement and the push toward Black Power.
The city rose up against oppression in the face of a "nonviolent civil rights movement."
This marked the beginning of the end of the movement and the push toward Black Power.
August 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Think of that moment that occurred exactly 60 years ago today.....and look where we are now.
#WattsRebellion
1965
2025
#WattsRebellion
1965
2025
“One of the larger American protests of #PoliceBrutality prior to the 1992 #LosAngelesUprising was also in #LosAngeles. The #WattsRebellion was crushed after five days on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. It took ~14,000 troops, cost the lives of 34 people, and left about 1,032 injured.”
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD (@LiamOMaraIV@mastodon.social)
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One of the larger American protests of #PoliceBrutality prior to the 1992 #LosAngelesUprising was also in #LosAngeles. The #WattsRebellion was crushed after five days on #ThisDayInH...
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August 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“One of the larger American protests of #PoliceBrutality prior to the 1992 #LosAngelesUprising was also in #LosAngeles. The #WattsRebellion was crushed after five days on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. It took ~14,000 troops, cost the lives of 34 people, and left about 1,032 injured.”
Aug 20, 1972: Seven years after the #WattsRebellion, over 100,000 people attended the Wattstax festival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Rev. Jesse Jackson opened the concert with his famous “I Am – Somebody” poem.
Trailer for the #Wattstax documentary (1973): youtu.be/X1q4A70i6Xs?... #OTD
Trailer for the #Wattstax documentary (1973): youtu.be/X1q4A70i6Xs?... #OTD
Wattstax (1973) - 50th Anniversary Trailer
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August 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Aug 20, 1972: Seven years after the #WattsRebellion, over 100,000 people attended the Wattstax festival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Rev. Jesse Jackson opened the concert with his famous “I Am – Somebody” poem.
Trailer for the #Wattstax documentary (1973): youtu.be/X1q4A70i6Xs?... #OTD
Trailer for the #Wattstax documentary (1973): youtu.be/X1q4A70i6Xs?... #OTD
UNITE to end white supremacy now, together! Aug. 11, 1965, the #WattsRebellion began when Black L.A. rose up against racism & capitalist cops.
Aug. 11, 2025, #ICE white supremacists terrorize & kidnap our working communities, we say "NO!" We DEMAND reparations, NOT more genocide & racist violence!
Aug. 11, 2025, #ICE white supremacists terrorize & kidnap our working communities, we say "NO!" We DEMAND reparations, NOT more genocide & racist violence!
August 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
UNITE to end white supremacy now, together! Aug. 11, 1965, the #WattsRebellion began when Black L.A. rose up against racism & capitalist cops.
Aug. 11, 2025, #ICE white supremacists terrorize & kidnap our working communities, we say "NO!" We DEMAND reparations, NOT more genocide & racist violence!
Aug. 11, 2025, #ICE white supremacists terrorize & kidnap our working communities, we say "NO!" We DEMAND reparations, NOT more genocide & racist violence!
One of the larger American protests of #PoliceBrutality prior to the 1992 #LosAngelesUprising was also in #LosAngeles. The #WattsRebellion was crushed after five days on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. It took ~14,000 troops, cost the lives of 34 people, and left about 1,032 injured.
August 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
One of the larger American protests of #PoliceBrutality prior to the 1992 #LosAngelesUprising was also in #LosAngeles. The #WattsRebellion was crushed after five days on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. It took ~14,000 troops, cost the lives of 34 people, and left about 1,032 injured.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 the #WattsRebellion/#WattsRiots broke out in #LosAngeles. #RonaldReagan dog-whistled, uniting resentful white #racists to became governor, and burying the demands for an end to #PoliceBrutality & #discrimination by blaming it on criminal provocateurs.
August 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 the #WattsRebellion/#WattsRiots broke out in #LosAngeles. #RonaldReagan dog-whistled, uniting resentful white #racists to became governor, and burying the demands for an end to #PoliceBrutality & #discrimination by blaming it on criminal provocateurs.
This map from the McCone Commission report documented the death and destruction from the Watts Rebellion that erupted 60 years ago. graphics.latimes.com/watts-riots-... #WattsRebellion
August 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This map from the McCone Commission report documented the death and destruction from the Watts Rebellion that erupted 60 years ago. graphics.latimes.com/watts-riots-... #WattsRebellion