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We've been beaten
and getting beat and getting beat, and we've just decided
to do something about it now! Decades of punishing
mistreatment of people of color made the 20th century an epoch of revolt. The 1960s body politic suffered through
civil eruptions almost every year. 1965 saw one sweep through Los Angeles. The thing about the Watts Riot
is that you could have anticipated it
and getting beat and getting beat, and we've just decided
to do something about it now! Decades of punishing
mistreatment of people of color made the 20th century an epoch of revolt. The 1960s body politic suffered through
civil eruptions almost every year. 1965 saw one sweep through Los Angeles. The thing about the Watts Riot
is that you could have anticipated it
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We've been beaten
and getting beat and getting beat,
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and we've just decided
to do something about it now!
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Decades of punishing
mistreatment of people of color
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made the 20th century an epoch of revolt.
00:00:14.013 --> 00:00:19.685
The 1960s body politic suffered through
civil eruptions almost every year.
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1965 saw one sweep through Los Angeles.
00:00:23.731 --> 00:00:26.859
The thing about the Watts Riot
is that you could have anticipated it.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
