Oral Histories
Twenty-Five Years of Community Organizing and Institution Building in the Aftermath of Watts: 1965-1990
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Abstract:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of the Black Congress, an umbrella organization of Black activist groups whose purpose was to reconstruct the community.