Violence in the Community: Selected Reference Resources

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Call numbers not preceded by a location are found in Middleton general stacks.
REF= Middleton Central Reference (non-circulating)
LLMVC= Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Hill Memorial Library (non-circulating)
LSU Libraries Webliography, African-Americana

Violence in California: Watts (1965)/Los Angeles (1993)

Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California (1965)
Black Riot In Los Angeles; The Story Of The Watts Tragedy.: F 869 L8 C78 Middleton Library; Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles. Appendix: The text of the McCone Commission report p. 125-154. Bibliography: p. 155.
Burn, Baby, Burn! The Los Angeles Race Riot, August, 1965.: F 869 L8 C6 Middleton Library; Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles.
Fire this time: the Watts Uprising and the 1960s: F 869 .L89 N4 1995 Middleton Library; Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. African Americans--Civil Rights--California--Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles riots.: F869.L8 F62 Middleton Library; Published as part of series: Mass violence in America. Includes illustrations, a folded map, and portraits. Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles. Includes bibliographical references.; Contents:
Violence in the City--An End or A Beginning? A Report, by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots.
White on Black: A Critique of the McCone Commission Report on the Los Angeles Riots, by R. M. Fogelson.
The Watts Manifesto and the McCone Report, by B. Rustin.
Whitewash Over Watts: The Failure of the McCone Commission Report, by R. Blauner.
The Los Angeles Riots; A Socio-Psychological Study.: F 869 L8 L58 Middleton Library; Published in cooperation with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles. Published as part of series: Praeger Special Series In U.S. Economic And Social Development. Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles. Includes bibliographies.
No Crystal Stair : African-Americans In The City Of Angels.: F 869 L89 G46 1992 Middleton Library; Published as part of series: Haymarket series. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles. Inner cities, Crime, Social conditions, Politics and government.
The Participation Of The Negro In The Community Life Of Los Angeles.: F 869 L89 E78 1973 Middleton Library; Afro-Americans Los Angeles, California Employment, Economic conditions. Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.), University of Southern California, 1931. Includes bibliographical references.
Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness.: F 869 L8 C66 Middleton Library; Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles. Bibliography: p. 493-497.
Violence in the City - An End or a Beginning?: F869.L8 C17 1965a Middleton Library; Riots--California--Los Angeles. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles. Watts riots. A study of the Watts riots of August 1965. Map inserted in back pocket.

Riots in Los Angeles, California (1993)
Reading Rodney King/reading urban uprising: F 869 .L89 A26 1993; Riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Revisiting the 1992 Los Angeles riots [electronic resource] : an analysis of geographical perspectives: http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1111103-101742/; LSU THESES 2003 WATTS; LSU Thesis located online and in Hill Memorial Library.

General Information
Black Los Angeles : The Maturing of the Ghetto., 1940-1950.: F 869 L86 W373 Middleton Library; Afro-Americans Social conditions, History. Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History, Social conditions. Los Angeles (Calif.)--History, Social conditions.
The Development Of Leadership And Organization Building In The Black Community Of Los Angeles From 1900 Through World War II.: F 869 L89 N313 Middleton Library; Afro-American leadership--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
The Los Angeles riots: lessons for the urban future: F 869 .L89 N4 1994B; Riots--California--Los Angeles.
No crystal stair : a booklist on the Black experience: Z 1361 N39 N62 2001 Middleton Library; Titles selected and annotated by the No Crystal Stair Booklist Committee, New York Public Library. African Americans--Bibliography
Politics In Black And White : Race And Power In Los Angeles.: F 869 L857 S66 1993 Middleton Library; Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles--Politics and government. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
The UNIA and Black Los Angeles : Ideology and Community in the American Garvey Movement.: F869.L89 N38 Middleton Library; Published as part of series: Afro-American culture and society ; v. 3. Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940. Universal Negro Improvement Association. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions. Afro-Americans--California--Los Angeles--Race identity. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.

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Afro Americans -- California - Los Angeles

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unrest

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