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50 Years After Watts Riots, Not Enough Has Changed

Posted August 11th, 2015 at 3:24 pm (UTC-4)
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A half a century is a long time, and South L.A. has seen a host of new investments, but Watts itself still sticks out — and not just on the map. It needs more jobs, better schools and more support from the rest of Los Angeles.