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Why were the residents of Los Angeles' Watts neighborhood so angry that they rioted?

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Answer: The neighborhood and residents rioted.

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On the evening of Wednesday, August 11, 1965, 21-year-old Marquette Frye, an African-American man driving his mother's 1955 Buick while , was pulled over by California highway patrol. After the arrests of Price and her sons the police and local bank held a meeting to discuss an action plan to urge calm and the riot started.

Los Angeles' mayor was shrinking the boundaries of black neighborhoods. civil rights leaders were urging Watts' residents to remember past wrongs.

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Answer:

High unemployment, poor schools, and inferior living conditions.

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