Call it anything but want. Decades later, that one syllable symbolic for all that can go wrong in america. Frustration simmering for years between the residents and police came to a boiling point which started as a routine traffic start exploded into a fullblown race war that raged for six days. The riot, one of the deadliest in the nations history, spread well beyond the borders and served as a wakup calls for those in power and the powerless. Tonight on the 50th anniversary of the riot, we examined what, if anything, was learned from ago. The economic depravation, social isolation, inadequate housing, and general dispair of thousands in northern and western ghettos give birth to tragic expresses of violence. Reporter Martin Luther king, jr. , addressing the media in los angeles the day the riot was finally suppressed. By the time calm returned to the streets of South Los Angeles, that unforgettable summer in 1965, 34 people had lost their lives and more than a thousand were injured.
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